Land Use Data for Latitude 44.25 Longitude 10.25

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

Locations

Abetina Reale, Alta Val Dolo
Alpi Apuane
Alpi Apuane Regional Nature Park
Apennines from Passo del Cerreto to Monte Caligi
Crinale dellÂ’Appennino parmense
Monte Acuto, Alpe di Succiso
Monte la Nuda, Cima Belfiore, Passo del Cerreto
Monte Prado
Monte Ventasso
Praterie primarie e secondarie delle Apuane
Val d'Ozola, Monte Cusna

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

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)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Unknown

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

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
(Facility) Carrara Avenza Smelter (Processing Plant)Chromium, Ferrochrome

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.