Land Use Data for Latitude 39.75 Longitude 8.75

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

Locations

Campidano Centrale
Central Campidano
Corru S'Ittiri, stagno di S. Giovanni e Marceddì
Giara di Siddi
Stagno di Pauli Majori
Stagno di S'Ena Arrubia

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Grapes
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

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)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Unknown

Terrain

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

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)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Montevecchio (Underground)Lead, Zinc, Silver
Montevecchio Pb - Zn MineZinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Cadmium
San Gavino (Processing Plant)Lead, Refiner, Gold, Antimony, Bismuth, Silver
Zinc Pyrometallurgical Plant Rf (Processing Plant)Zinc, 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.