Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude 14.25

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

Locations

Biviere and Plain of Gela
Torre Manfria, Biviere e Piana di Gela

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Gela Phosphoric Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates
PasquasiaPotassium
San Cataldo (Underground)Potassium

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.