Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 12.25

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

Locations

Bienitz und Moormergelgebiet
Bläulingswiesen südöstlich Leipzig
Brösen Glesien und Tannenwald
Elsteraue südlich Zwenkau
Haselbacher Teiche und Pleißeaue
Kulkwitzer Lachen
Leipziger Auensystem
Lobstädter Lache
Restloch Zechau
Saale-Elster-Aue südlich Halle

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
MIXED
Rapeseed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Luvisols
Podzoluvisols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

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.