Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude 9.25

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

Locations

Chênaies et pinèdes de Corse
Corse Regional Nature Park
Corsican montane broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion
Etang d'Urbino et zones humides périphériques
Forêts Territoriales de Corse
Haute vallée du Fium Grossu
Urbino
Vallée de la Restonica
Vallée de la Restonica
Vallée du Verghello

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Mediterranean humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Fruit tree
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols

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)

0
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.