Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 5.25Area 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 humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsPotatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil 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 plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral 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.
