Land Use Data for Latitude 52.25 Longitude 10.25

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

Locations

Erse
Fahle Heide, Gifhorner Heide
Hahnenkamp
Hainberg, Bodensteiner Klippen
Hämeler Wald
Heerter See
Innerstetal von Langelsheim bis Groß Düngen
Kammmolch-Biotop Plockhorst
Kammmolch-Biotop Tagebau Haverlahwiese
Lengeder Teiche
Meerdorfer Holz
Salzgitterscher Höhenzug (Südteil)
Wendesser Moor

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
MIXED
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

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
Bulten-Adenstedt (Underground)Iron
Haverlahwiese (Underground)Iron
Konrad (Underground)Iron
Lengede-Broistedt (Underground)Iron
Peine (Processing Plant)Iron, Manganese
Salggitter (Processing Plant)Iron, Manganese
Salzdetfurth Werk (Processing Plant)Potassium

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.