Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude 15.25

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

Locations

Biviere di Lentini, tratto mediano e foce del Fiume Simeto e area antistante la foce
Saline di Augusta
Saline di Priolo
Saline di Siracusa e Fiume Ciane
Simeto mouth and middle course and Biviere di Lentini

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
210 to 239

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Syracuse (Surface)Magnesite

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.