Land Use Data for Latitude 56.25 Longitude 26.25

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

Locations

Asenieku purvs
Dubnas paliene
Dviete flood-plain
Dvietes paliene
Nicgalu mezi

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Luvisols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

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.