Land Use Data for Latitude 52.25 Longitude 5.25

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

Locations

Arkemheen
Eemmeer & Gooimeer Zuidoever
Lake Eemmeer
Lake Gooimeer
Lepelaarplassen
Lepelaarsplassen
Naardermeer
Oostelijke Vechtplassen
Oostelijke Vechtplassen
Oostvaardersplassen
Oostvaardersplassen
Polder Arkemheen

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.