Land Use Data for Latitude 58.75 Longitude 24.75

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

Locations

Jalase
Mõrdama
Mukri
Navesti
Nurtujõe
Oese soo
Raikküla-Paka
Salavalge-Tõrasoo
Sulu
Taarikõnnu-Kaisma
Taarikõnnu-Kaisma

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley
Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)
Urban, mining

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

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

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.