Land Use Data for Latitude 50.75 Longitude 8.25

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

Locations

Auenwald bei Netphen
Buchenwälder und Wiesentäler bei Bad Laasphe
Finkental und Magergrünland bei Didoll
Gernsdorfer Weidekämpe
Gilsbachtal
Großer Bohnstein
Mühlhelle, Eichert und Ziegenrain bei Fischelbach
NSG Krombachtalsperre
Rothaarkamm und Wiesentäler
Vogelschutzgebiet Wälder und Wiesen bei Burbach und Neunkirchen
Weißbachtal zwischen Wilgersdorf und Rudersdorf

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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
Grube Fortuna (Underground)Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Landeskrone MineGold, Silver, Platinum
SiegenNickel, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Chromium, Zinc, Copper

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.