Land Use Data for Latitude 43.75 Longitude 4.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Camargue Chaîne des Alpilles Crau Crau Les Alpilles Marais entre Crau et Grand Rhône Reserve Nationale de Camargue Biosphere Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsFruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Grapes
Maize
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
270 to 299
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)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| La Roquette/Montplaisir Deposit (Underground) | Aluminum |
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.
