Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude 13.75

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

Locations

Parco Nazionale Gran Sasso - Monti della Laga

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Mediterranean humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree
Grapes
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Sugar Beets
Sunflower Seed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
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)

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
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
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.