Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 6.75Area 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 higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 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 plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral 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.
