Land Use Data for Latitude 56.25 Longitude 24.75

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

Locations

Birzai forest
Birzu giria

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.