Land Use Data for Latitude 38.25 Longitude 15.75

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

Locations

Aspromonte
Costa Viola
Costa Viola
Peloritani mountains

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

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)

5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 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.