Land Use Data for Latitude 53.25 Longitude 23.25

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

Locations

Knyszyn Forest
Ostoja Knyszynska
Puszcza Knyszynska

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Potatoes
Rye
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Luvisols
Podzoluvisols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50

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.