Land Use Data for Latitude 41.25 Longitude 24.75

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

Locations

Central Rodopi mountains and Nestos valley
Nestos gorge
OROS CHAINTOU - KOULA KAI GYRO KORYFES
STENA NESTOU

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Sunflower Seed

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
9th September (Underground)Lead, Zinc
Angel Kanakiev (Underground)Lead, Zinc
Gorubso Division I (Underground)Lead, Zinc
Gorubso Division Ii (Underground)Lead, Zinc
Krushevdol (Underground)Lead, Zinc
Varba (Underground)Lead, 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.