Land Use Data for Latitude 50.25 Longitude 12.75

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

Locations

Bergwiesen um Schönheide und Stützengrün
Bergwiesen um Sosa
Erzgebirgskamm am Großen Kranichsee
Erzgebirgskamm am Kleinen Kranichsee
Fichtelbergwiesen
Mittelgebirgslandschaft bei Johanngeorgenstadt
Schwarzwassertal und Burkhardtswald
Tal der Großen Bockau
Wiesen um Halbmeil und Breitenbrunn

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Rapeseed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

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
Urban, mining

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Horni Uranium MineUranium
HubTungsten, Tin
JachymovUranium
Stannum Krasno (Underground)Tin

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.