Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 6.25

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

Locations

Hangmoor Damerbruch
Helpensteiner Bachtal-Rothenbach
Meinweg
Nette bei Vinkrath
Schaagbachtal
Schwalm, Knippertzbach, Raderveekes u. Lüttelforster Bruch
Staatsforst Rheurdt / Littard
Tantelbruch mit Elmpter Bachtal und Teilen der Schwalmaue
Tote Rahm
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Schwalm-Nette-Platte mit Grenzwald u. Meinweg'

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
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)
Luvisols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Rheinwerke Norf (Processing Plant)Aluminum, Contained or Metal

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.