Land Use Data for Latitude 43.75 Longitude 7.25

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

Locations

Basse Vallée du Var
Basse vallée du Var
Préalpes de Grasse

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Maize
Rice Paddy
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.