Land Use Data for Latitude 56.25 Longitude 25.75

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

Locations

Abeli
Gargrodes purvs
Rozu purvs
Saltojos ir Vyzuonos upiu sleniai

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes
Sugar beat
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 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.