Land Use Data for Latitude 53.25 Longitude 9.25

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

Locations

Braken
Bullensee, Hemelsmoor
Großes und Weißes Moor
Huvenhoopssee, Huvenhoopsmoor
Sotheler Moor
Wedeholz
Wiestetal, Glindbusch, Borchelsmoor
Wümmewiesen bei Fischerhude

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
MIXED
Rapeseed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

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)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Embsen Phosphoric Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates

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.