Land Use Data for Latitude 47.75 Longitude 7.75

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

Locations

Rheinniederung Haltingen - Neuenburg mit Vorbergzone
Rheinniederung Neuenburg - Breisach
Vallée du Rhin : Village-neuf à Biescheim
VALLEE DU RHIN D'ARTZENHEIM A VILLAGE-NEUF

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

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
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

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
Ottmarsheim Phosphoric Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates
Rheinfelden (Processing Plant)Aluminum, Contained or Metal
Todtnau, Hesselbach and Fluorspar DistrictsBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Manganese

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.