Land Use Data for Latitude 40.25 Longitude 16.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Alto Ionio Cosentino Dolomiti di Pietrapertosa Massiccio del Monte Pollino e Monte Alpi |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate humidMediterranean humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsOil-bearing crops
Olives
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
240 to 269
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 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.
