Land Use Data for Latitude 45.25 Longitude 29.25

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

Locations

Danube Delta
Lake Beibugeac (Plopu)
River Danube

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Other oils crop
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
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.