Land Use Data for Latitude 51.75 Longitude 10.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Beretal mit Seitentälern Bergwiesen bei St. Andreasberg Bergwiesen und Wolfsbachtal bei Hohegeiß Erdfälle um Liebenrode, Seelöcher und Ketterlöcher Gipskarstgebiet bei Bad Sachsa Okertal bei Vienenburg Staufenberg Stimmecke bei Suderode (niedersächsischer Teil) Südharz bei Zorge Südharzer Gipskarst Vogelschutzgebiet Hochharz |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
MIXED
Sugar Beets
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179Soil Types
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Luvisols
Podzols
Regosols (Other)
Urban, mining
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Bad Harzburg Nickel Prospect-Germany | Nickel, Copper |
| Harlingerode (Processing Plant) | Zinc, Mercury |
| Rottleberode Fluorspar Mines | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Quartz, Copper, Iron |
| Tilkerode | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium |
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.
