Land Use Data for Latitude 40.75 Longitude 16.75

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

Locations

Map

Area delle Gravine
Gravine
Gravine di Matera
Murgia Alta

Agricultural Land Uses

Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

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)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

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.