Land Use Data for Latitude 57.25 Longitude 24.25

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

Locations

Adazi
Garkalnes mezi
Piejura
Tuja offshore

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Podzols
Urban, mining

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

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.