Land Use Data for Latitude 44.75 Longitude 10.75

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

Locations

Cassa di espansione del Tresinaro
Casse di espansione del Secchia
Golena del Po di Gualtieri, Guastalla e Luzzara
Riserva Regionale Garzaia di Pomponesco
River Po: from the mouth of Adda river to Ostiglia
Siepi e Canali di Resega - Foresto
Valle delle Bruciate e Tresinaro
Valle di Gruppo
Valli di Novellara
Viadana, Portiolo, San Benedetto Po e Ostiglia

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Grapes
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Rice Paddy
Soybeans
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

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)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

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.