Land Use Data for Latitude 55.25 Longitude 21.25

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

Locations

Curonian (Courish) Bay
Lithuanian part of the Curonian Spit
Marine waters along the Curonian Spit
Nemunas delta regional Park
Nemuno delta
Sausgalviu pievos
Svenceles pievos

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Potatoes
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols
Podzoluvisols
Planosols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

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.