Land Use Data for Latitude 45.75 Longitude 9.75

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

Locations

Costa del Pallio
Lake Garda
Parco Regionale Orobie Bergamasche

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

0
1 to 29
60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
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)
Podzols
Glaciers

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
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

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Paglio Pignolinomine (Surface)Fluorine-Fluorite
Ponte Nossa (Processing Plant)Zinc
Unita Fluorite Lombardia (Underground)Fluorine-Fluorite

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.