Land Use Data for Latitude 36.75 Longitude 15.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Pantani della Sicilia sud-orientale, Morghella, di Marzamemi, di Punta Pilieri e Vendicari Pantani di Vendicari e di Capo Passero |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsGrapes
Oil-bearing crops
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Agricultural 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.
