Land Use Data for Latitude 37.75 Longitude 27.25

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

Locations

Aliki Psilis Ammou lagoon, Samos
Bafa lake
Büyük Menderes delta
Küçük Menderes delta
SAMOS: PARALIA ALYKI

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Seed Cotton
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
180 to 209

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

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.