Land Use Data for Latitude 40.75 Longitude 15.75

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

Locations

Lago Pantano di Pignola
Monte Vulture

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Grapes
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)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
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.