Land Use Data for Latitude 56.75 Longitude 28.25

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

Locations

Gulbju un Platpirovas purvs
Klesniku purvs

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Podzoluvisols

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
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.