Land Use Data for Latitude 56.75 Longitude 21.25

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

Locations

Durbe lake meadows
Durbes ezera plavas
Tasu ezers
Tasu lake
Ziemupe
Ziemupe-Riva coastal

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.