Land Use Data for Latitude 41.25 Longitude 9.25

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

Locations

Arcipelago La Maddalena
Détroit de Bonifaccio et Iles Lavezzi
Features of the coast from Coghinas river-mouth to Cape Testa
Maddalena archipelago and Cape Ferro

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Fruit tree
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
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)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 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.