Land Use Data for Latitude 50.75 Longitude 6.75

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

Locations

Altwald Ville
Bad Münstereifeler Wald
Bürvenicher Berg / Tötschberg
Dickbusch, Loersfelder Busch, Steinheide
Drover Heide
Eschweiler Tal und Kalkkuppen
Ginnicker Bruch
Griesberg
Hardt bei Pesch
Heider Bergsee und Schluchtsee in der Ville-Seenkette
Kallmuther Berg
Kartsteinhöhlen mit Kakushöhle
Kerpener Bruch und Parrig
Königsdorfer Forst
Muschelkalkkuppen bei Embken und Muldenau
Schavener Heide
Tanzberg
Villewälder bei Bornheim
Vogelschutzgebiet Drover Heide
Waldseenbereich Theresia
Waldville
Weyerer Wald
Wiesen bei Ruine Tomberg
Willenbergstollen bei Nettersheim-Zingsheim

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols
Urban, mining

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Knapsack Phosphoric Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates

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.