Land Use Data for Latitude 45.25 Longitude 8.75Area 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 higherCropped 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 humidLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Rice Paddy
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 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 plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Agricultural 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.
