Land Use Data for Latitude 46.25 Longitude 9.75Area 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 higherShrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 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 plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
5 to 816 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Agricultural 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.
