Land Use Data for Latitude 50.25 Longitude 6.75

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

Locations

Dahlemer Binz
Dahlemer Kalktriften
Gewässersystem der Ahr
Haubachtal, Dietrichseiffen
Heidemoor am Moorbach
Mannenberghöhlen und Mannenbergstollen
Manscheider Bachtal und Paulushof
Unteres Genfbachtal
Valley of the Woltz
Vogelschutzgebiet Ahrgebirge
Wiesen, Borstgrasrasen und Heiden bei Sistig

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
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)
Luvisols
Urban, mining

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

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
(Facility) Nurnberg Smelter (Processing Plant)Cobalt

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.