Land Use Data for Latitude 44.75 Longitude 11.25

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

Locations

Bacini ex-zuccherificio di Argelato e Golena del Fiume Reno
Biotopi e Ripristini ambientali di Crevalcore
Cassa di espansione del Fiume Panaro
Cassa di espansione Dosolo
La Bora
Le Meleghine
Manzolino
Torrazzuolo
Valli Mirandolesi

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

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)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
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.