Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude 24.75

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

Locations

Maritsa-Plovdiv
Maritsa-Plovdiv
Plovdiv Fish-ponds
Plovdiv Fish-ponds
Pyasachnik Reservoir
Pyasachnik Reservoir
Tsalapitsa Rice-fields
Tsalapitsa Rice-fields

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Sunflower Seed

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

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
Planosols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
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
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Facility) Dimitur Blagoev Smelter - Lead (Processing Plant)Lead
(Facility) Dimitur Blagoev Smelter - Zinc (Processing Plant)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.