Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 7.75

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

Locations

Abbabach
Balver Wald
Buchen- und Bruchwälder bei Einsiedelei und Apollmicke
Ebbemoore
Ehemaliger Truppenübungsplatz Stilleking und Hemecketal
Felsenmeer mit Höhlen
Hönnetal
Kalkbuchenwälder bei Hohenlimburg
Lennealtarm Siesel
Luerwald und Bieberbach
Schluchtwälder im Lennetal
Schönebecker Höhle
Vogelschutzgebiet Luerwald und Bieberbach
Waldreservat Moosfelde
Weichholzaue Ense
Wupper und Wipper bei Wipperfürth

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

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
Sauerland RegionCopper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Nickel

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.