Land Use Data for Latitude 43.25 Longitude 4.75

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

Locations

Camargue
Etangs de Citis, Lavalduc, Engrenier, Pourra, l'Estomac, Fos et salines de Rassuen et de Fos
Etangs entre Istres et Fos
Marais entre Crau et Grand Rhône: Meyranne, Chanoine, Plan de Bourg et Salins du Caban

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Grapes
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

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)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.