Land Use Data for Latitude 49.75 Longitude 4.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bassin de la Houille en amont de Gedinne (Gedinne) Bassin du Ruisseau du Ru au Moulin (Bièvre; Gedinne; Vresse-sur-Semois) Croix-Scaille Plateau ardennais Plateau Ardennais Vallée de la Hulle (Gedinne) Vallée de la Semois en aval d'Alle (Bièvre; Vresse-sur-Semois) Vallée du Ruisseau d'Alisse (Viroinval) Vallée du Ruisseau de Rebais (Vresse-sur-Semois) Vallée du Ruisseau de Saint-Jean (Gedinne) |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Rapeseed
Wheat
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)
Luvisols
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)
10 to 5050 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.
