Land Use Data for Latitude 45.25 Longitude 12.25

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

Locations

Bosco Nordio
Garzaia della tenuta "Civrana"
Laguna di Venezia
Lido di Venezia: biotopi litoranei
Palude le Marice - Cavarzere
Penisola del Cavallino: biotopi litoranei
Vallona di Loreo
Venice lagoon

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Grapes
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Fusina (Processing Plant)Aluminum, Contained or Metal
Fusina Sava (Processing Plant)Aluminum, Contained or Metal
Porto Marghera (Processing Plant)Aluminum, Contained or Metal
Porto Marghera (Processing Plant)Zinc

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.