Land Use Data for Latitude 50.75 Longitude 4.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Affluents brabançons de la Senne (Braine-l'Alleud; Braine-le-Château; Ittre; Tubize) Bois d'Arpes et de l'Hôpital (Nivelles; Seneffe) Bois de la Houssière (Braine-le-Comte; Ittre) Bossen van het zuidoosten van de Zandleemstreek Canal souterrain de la Bête Refaite (Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont; Seneffe) Hallerbos en nabije boscomplexen met brongebieden en heiden Vallée de l'Aubrecheuil (Mons; Soignies) Zoniënwoud |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsPotatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Podzoluvisols
Podzols
Regosols (Other)
Urban, mining
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Brussels (Processing Plant) | Gold, PGE, Silver |
| Clabercq (Processing Plant) | Iron |
| Sadacem Operation (Processing Plant) | Vanadium |
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.
