Land Use Data for Latitude 52.75 Longitude 5.25

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

Locations

IJsselmeer
Lake IJsselmeer
Lake Markermeer
Markermeer & IJmeer
Polder Zeevang
Steile Bank and Mokkebank
Workumerwaard
Zeevang

Agricultural Land Uses

Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 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.