Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 4.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Arendonk, Merksplas, Oud-Turnhout, Ravels en Turnhout Bos- en heidegebieden ten oosten van Antwerpen De Maatjes, Wuustwezelheide en Groot Schietveld De Zegge Demervallei Gebieden ten noorden van Turnhout en Ravels Heesbossen, Vallei van Marke en Merkske en Ringven met valleigronden langs de Heerlese Loop Het Blak, Kievitsheide, Ekstergoor en nabijgelegen Kamsalamanderhabitats Klein en Groot Schietveld Mechels Rivierengebied, Antwerpen Vennen, heiden en moerassen rond Turnhout Zegge |
Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsPotatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
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)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
2 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| (Facility) Beerse Copper Refinery (Processing Plant) | Copper |
| (Facility) Beerse Copper Smelter (Processing Plant) | Copper |
| (Facility) Olen Copper Refinery (Processing Plant) | Copper |
| (Facility) Olen Smelter (Processing Plant) | Cobalt, Copper |
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.
