Land Use Data for Latitude 44.25 Longitude 27.75

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

Locations

Aliman: Adamclisi
Balta Vederoasa
Băneasa: Canaraua Fetei
Braţul Borcea
Dunăre: Ostroave
Lake Dunăreni
Lake Oltina

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Sunflower Seed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 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.