Land Use Data for Latitude 46.25 Longitude 9.75

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

Locations

Bagni di Masino - Pizzo Badile - Val di Mello - Val Torrone - Piano di Preda Rossa
Bregaglia valley
Disgrazia - Sissone
Monte di Scerscen - Ghiacciai di Scerscen - Monte Motta
Orobie Alps and pre-Alps
Parco Regionale Orobie Valtellinesi
Riserva Regionale Bosco dei Bordighi
Val Codera
Val di Togno - Pizzo Scalino
Valle dei Ratti - Cime di Gaiazzo

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
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
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)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzoluvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Podzols
Glaciers

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
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.