Land Use Data for Latitude 42.75 Longitude 13.75

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

Locations

Litorale di Porto d'Ascoli (La Sentina)
Montagna dei Fiori
Monte dell'Ascensione

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Sugar Beets
Sunflower Seed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

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

Slopes (degrees)

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.