Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 7.25

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

Locations

Dhünn u. Eifgenbach
Ennepe unterhalb der Talsperre
Gelpe und Saalbach
Halver Hülloch
Heisinger Ruhraue
Wallefelder Höhle
Wupper östlich Wuppertal
Wupper von Leverkusen bis Solingen

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
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
Urban, mining

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
Essen Plant Ti (Processing Plant)Titanium, Metal
Voerde Duisburg (Processing Plant)Aluminum, Contained or Metal

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.