Land Use Data for Latitude 47.75 Longitude 8.75

Locations

End of Lake Constance and river Rhine until Bibermühle Höwenegg Lowlands of Zurich and lower valley of the river Thur

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
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols

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

Population Density (persons per km²)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5