Land Use Data for Latitude 51.75 Longitude 7.25

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

Locations

Baumberge
Berkel
Brunnen Meyer
Die Burg
Fürstenkuhle im Weissen Venn
Holtwicker Wacholderheide
Lippeaue
Roruper Holz mit Kestenbusch
Stever
Sundern
VSG 'Heubachniederung, Lavesumer Bruch und Borkenberge'
Westruper Heide

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

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

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
(Facility) Luenen Copper Smelter (Processing Plant)Copper
(Facility) Lunen Copper Refinery (Processing Plant)Copper
Datteln (Processing Plant)Zinc, Refiner, Cadmium, Lead, Refiner, Silver, Refinery, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid

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.