Land Use Data for Latitude 45.75 Longitude 7.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Gran Paradiso Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso Val Ferret Zona umida di Les Iles di Saint - Marcel |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
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)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzoluvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Podzols
Glaciers
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 28 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Cogne (Underground) | Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica |
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.
