Land Use Data for Latitude 45.25 Longitude 9.75

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

Locations

Adda Sud Park heronries
Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda
Fiume Po da Rio Boriacco a Bosco Ospizio
Garzaie del Parco Adda Sud
Monticchie
Po di Corte S. Andrea
Po di Monticelli Pavese e Chignolo Po
Po di San Rocco al Porto
Senna Lodigiana
Spinadesco
Trebbia river (lower course)

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
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)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Podzols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 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.