Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 5.25

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

Locations

Bocholt, Hechtel-Eksel, Meeuwen-Gruitrode, Neerpelt en Peer
Bovenloop van de Grote Nete met Zammelsbroek, Langdonken en Goor.
De Demervallei
De Utrecht
Demervallei
Gebieden gelegen te Houthalen-Helchteren en Meeuwen-Gruitrode
Gebieden gelegen te Peer en Hechtel-Eksel
Hageven met Dommelvallei, Beverbeekse Heide, Warmbeek en Wateringen
Houthalen-Helchteren, Meeuwen-Gruitrode en Peer
Leenderbos and Groote Heide
Mangelbeek en heide- en vengebieden tussen Houthalen en Gruitrode
Militair domein en vallei van de Zwarte Beek
Oirschotse Heide
Ronde Put
Ronde Put
Vallei van de Zwarte Beek
Vallei- en brongebied van de Zwarte Beek, Bolisserbeek en Dommel met heide en vengebieden.
Valleigebied van de Kleine Nete met brongebieden, moerassen en heiden

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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

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)
Podzols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Balen (Processing Plant)Zinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Cadmium, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Silver
Overpelt (Processing Plant)Zinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid

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.