Land Use Data for Latitude 51.75 Longitude 10.75

Area 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 pastoralism
Rainfed 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 drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
MIXED
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil 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 plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Bad Harzburg Nickel Prospect-GermanyNickel, Copper
Harlingerode (Processing Plant)Zinc, Mercury
Rottleberode Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Quartz, Copper, Iron
TilkerodeGold, 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.