Land Use Data for Latitude 53.25 Longitude 7.25

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

Locations

Dollard
Emsmarsch von Leer bis Emden
Emstal von Lathen bis Papenburg
Fehntjer Tief
Krummes Meer, Aschendorfer Obermoor
Krummhörn
Ostfriesische Meere
Rheiderland

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

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.