Land Use Data for Latitude 45.75 Longitude 4.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| GORGES DE LA LOIRE AVAL PLAINE DU FOREZ Plaine du Forez |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsFruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Podzoluvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Agricultural 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.
