Land Use Data for Latitude 47.75 Longitude 7.25

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

Locations

FORET DOMANIALE DE LA HARTH
ForĂȘt domaniale de la Harth
HAUTES-VOSGES, HAUT-RHIN
ZONES AGRICOLES DE LA HARDT
Zones agricoles de la Hardt

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

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)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Luvisols
Podzols

Terrain

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

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)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Facility) Amelie/Ensisheim Potash Refinery (Processing Plant)Potassium, Bromine
(Facility) Marie-Louise Operation Refinery (Processing Plant)Potassium, Bromine
(Facility) Theodore Operation Refinery (Processing Plant)Potassium
Amelie (Underground)Potassium, Bromine
Marie-Louise (Underground)Potassium, Bromine
Thann Plant Ti (Processing Plant)Titanium, Pigment
Theodore (Underground)Potassium, Bromine

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.