Land Use Data for Latitude 44.75 Longitude 6.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Les Ecrins Parc National des Ecrins |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsFruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Grapes
Maize
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
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)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Podzols
Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| (Facility) Moutiers Smelter (Processing Plant) | Chromium, Ferrochrome |
| Valle Du Drae | Platinum |
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.
