Land Use Data for Latitude 43.75 Longitude 25.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Belene Islands Complex Belene Islands Complex Suhaia Svishtov-Belene Lowland Svishtov-Belene Lowland Vardim Island Vardim Island |
Agricultural Land Uses
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestockCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattlePigs
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Sunflower Seed
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149Soil Types
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Luvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
