Land Use Data for Latitude 46.25 Longitude 8.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Maggia valley Piora: Dötra |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
210 to 239
Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzoluvisols
Podzols
Glaciers
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 216 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 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.
