Land Use Data for Latitude 49.75 Longitude 6.75

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

Locations

Bremerkopf bei Steinberg
Hölzbach zw. Rappweiler u. Niederlosheim
Lannenbachaue bei Scheiden und Umgebung
Leuktal, Krautfelsen u. Bärenfels bei Orscholz
Löstertal
Nördlich Oberlöstern
Noswendeler Bruch
NSG 'Holzbachtal'
NSG 'Panzbachtal' westl. Bergen
Saarhölzbachtal - Zunkelsbruch
Schreck nördlich Kastel
Steilhänge der Saar
südlich Braunshausen
Wachtelkopf bei Rappweiler
Wadrilltal
westlich Otzenhausen
Wiesen bei Wadrill und Sitzerath
Wiesenlandschaft bei Buweiler
Wiesenlandschaft bei Überroth

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Grapes
Rapeseed
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Facility) Bleihutte Binsfeldhammer Refinery (Processing Plant)Lead, Silver
(Facility) Bleihutte Binsfeldhammer Smelter (Processing Plant)Lead, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Binsfeldhammer (Processing Plant)Lead, Arsenic, Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Bleihutte Binsfeldhammar (Processing Plant)Silver

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.