Land Use Data for Latitude 42.75 Longitude 24.75

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

Locations

Apriltsi
Apriltsi Meadows
Central Balkan
Parc National Steneto
Tzentralen Balkan
Velchevo
Velchevo Meadows

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Sunflower Seed

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

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
Elatzite (Surface)Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Rhenium, Silver
Medet (Surface)Copper, Molybdenum, Sulfur

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.