Land Use Data for Latitude 45.25 Longitude 8.75

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

Locations

Boschi del Ticino
Novara heronries
Palude di Casalbeltrame
Risaie della Lomellina

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

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
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
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 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.