Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude 26.75

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

Locations

ARKOI, LEIPSOI, AGATHONISI KAI VRACHONISIDES
Islets of North Dodekanisa
NISIDES KALYMNOU: EPANO, NERA, SARI, TELENDOS
NISIDES LEROU: PIGANOUSA, MEGALO GLARONISI, MIKRO GLARONISI, LERIKO
NISOS LEIPSOI (DYTIKO TMIMA) KAI NISIDES: FRAGKOS, MAKRONISI, PILAFI, KAPARI, KALAPODIA, MEGALO ASPR
North and east Kalimnos, Telendos, and Kalolimnos islands and islets
North and south Patmos island and islets

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Goats
Sheep

Crops

Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.