Land Use Data for Latitude 50.25 Longitude 18.75

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

Locations

Podziemia Tarnogórsko-Bytomskie

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Potatoes
Rapeseed
Rye
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Facility) Katowice-Silesia Zn (Processing Plant)Zinc
(Facility) Katowice-Szopienice Pb (Processing Plant)Lead
(Facility) Laziska Ferroalloy Plant (Processing Plant)Iron
(Facility) Miasteczko-Slaskie Pb (Processing Plant)Lead
(Facility) Miasteczko-Slaskiezn (Processing Plant)Zinc
(Facility) Orzel-Bialy Smelter (Processing Plant)Lead
(Facility) Pokoj Ferroalloy Plant (Processing Plant)Iron
(Facility) Szopienice Zn (Processing Plant)Zinc
Silesia - Cracow Zn - Pb MinesZinc, Lead, Silver, Cadmium, Thallium, Germanium, Arsenic
Warynski (Underground)Zinc

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.