Land Use Data for Latitude 45.25 Longitude 8.25

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

Locations

Baraccone (confluenza Po - Dora Baltea)
Bosco della Partecipanza di Trino
Fiume Po - tratto vercellese alessandrino
Fontana Gigante (Tricerro)
Garzaia del Rio Druma
Garzaia di Carisio
Isolotto del Ritano (Dora Baltea)
Lago di Viverone
Lake Viverone
Lama del Badiotto e Garzaia della Brarola
Lame del Sesia e Isolone di Oldenico
Palude di San Genuario e San Silvestro
Risaie vercellesi
River Po from Dora Baltea mouth to Scrivia mouth
River Sesia heronries
Vercelli rice-fields

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
S.M.M.P. Stab Di Cigliano (Processing Plant)Lead

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.