Land Use Data for Latitude 44.75 Longitude 10.25

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

Locations

Aree delle risorgive di Viarolo, Bacini di Torrile, Fascia golenale del Po
Basso Taro
Fontanili di Gattatico e Fiume Enza
Isola Maria Luigia
Medio Taro
Parma Morta
Prati e Ripristini ambientali di Frescarolo e Samboseto
San Genesio
Taro river
Torrile LIPU reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

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)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

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
Boreno (Processing Plant)Iron, Manganese
Sellero (Processing Plant)Iron, Manganese

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.