Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 6.75

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

Locations

Die Spey
Egelsberg
Further Moor
Hilden - Spörkelnbruch
Ilvericher Altrheinschlinge
Knechtstedener Wald mit Chorbusch
Neandertal
Ohligser Heide
Rotthäuser und Morper Bachtal
Ruhraue in Mülheim
Ueberanger Mark
Urdenbach - Kirberger Loch - Zonser Grind
Worringer Bruch

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
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)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
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
(Facility) Duisberger Kupferhutte Refinery (Processing Plant)Copper, Zinc
(Facility) Duisburg Smelter (Processing Plant)Copper, Cobalt
(Facility) Duisburg-Wanheim Refinery (Processing Plant)Tin
(Facility) Duisburg-Wanheim Smelter (Processing Plant)Tin
Duisbarg (Processing Plant)Fluorine-Fluorite
Duisberger Kupferhuttesmelter (Processing Plant)Copper, Zinc
Duisburg-Homberg Plant Ti (Processing Plant)Titanium, Pigment
Duisburg-Wanheim Zn/Pb (Processing Plant)Zinc, Refiner, Lead, Smelter
Duisburg-Wanheimpb (Processing Plant)Lead
Erftwerk,Grevenbroiche (Processing Plant)Aluminum
Essen-Borbeck (Processing Plant)Aluminum, Contained or Metal
Krefeld Phosphoric Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates
Leverkusen Plant Ti (Processing Plant)Titanium, Pigment
Suisburg (Processing Plant)Zinc
Uerdingen Plant Ti (Processing Plant)Titanium, Pigment

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.