Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude 24.25

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

Locations

Besaparski Hills
Besaparski Hills
Rodope montane mixed forests ecoregion
Zvanichevo Fish-ponds
Zvanichevo Fish-ponds

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sunflower Seed

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Assarel (Surface)Copper, Molybdenum
Chelopech (Underground)Copper, Sulfur, Arsenic

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.