Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 3.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen
Krekengebied
Krekengebied
Westerschelde and Saeftinghe

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Langerbrugge Plant Ti (Processing Plant)Titanium, Pigment
Rieme Phosphoric Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sas Van-Ghent Phos. Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates
Vlissingen (Processing Plant)Aluminum, Contained or Metal

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.