Land Use Data for Latitude 67.75 Longitude 24.75

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

Locations

KUORTANO-SAIVINVUOMA-LAUNIJÄRVI
LEPPÄVUOMA-MURTOVUOMA-SAATTOPORANVUOMA

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Sattapora/Kittila (Surface)Gold

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.