Land Use Data for Latitude 38.75 Longitude 8.25

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

Locations

Isola del Toro
Isola della Vacca
Isola di Sant'Antioco, Capo Sperone

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 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.