Land Use Data for Latitude 40.25 Longitude 9.25

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

Locations

Monte Ortobene
Orosei Gulf, Supramonte and Gennargentu
Supramonte di Oliena, Orgosolo e Urzulei - Su Sercone

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree
Grapes
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Unknown

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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
Masua MineLead, Zinc
Monteponi/San Giovanni MineLead, Zinc
Montevecchio/Funtana Raminosa MineCopper, Lead, Zinc

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.