Table 1a.  Land Use In The Baltic Sea Drainage Basin



                        LAND COVER

Area in Square Kilometres:

                             BB      BS      GF      GR      BP      DS      KA    TOTAL
forest                   193,621 151,192 223,727  51,423 164,301   1,617  50,055  835,936
arable land                7,085  11,685  35,976  37,901 224,737  16,469  19,083  352,936
pasture                      352     668  14,923  16,209  66,642   3,248   1,988  104,030
non-productive open land  49,137  43,597  70,154  26,584  94,179   5,781   8,689  298,121
unknown land               5,557   6,740  13,208     104   4,744     967   2,313   33,633
urban area                   573   1,335   1,915     887   6,256   1,061   1,078   13,105
lakes                     11,765  12,196  56,197   2,593  13,078     535  10,485  106,849
glacier                      526       0       0       0       0       0       0      526

Total Area               268,615 227,413 416,101 135,700 573,938  29,678  93,6911,745,136

BB=Bothnian Bay, BS=Bothnian Sea, GF= Gulf of Finland, GR=Gulf of Riga, BP=Baltic Proper, DS=Danish Straits, KA=Kattegat.

Percent of Sub-Drainage Basin Area:

                             BB      BS      GF      GR      BP      DS      KA    TOTAL
% forest                   72.08   66.48   53.77   37.89   28.63    5.45   53.43    47.90
% arable land               2.64    5.14    8.65   27.93   39.16   55.49   20.37    20.22
% pasture                   0.13    0.29    3.59   11.94   11.61   10.94    2.12     5.96
% non-productive open land 18.29   19.17   16.86   19.59   16.41   19.48    9.27    17.08
% unknown land              2.07    2.96    3.17    0.08    0.83    3.26    2.47     1.93
% urban area                0.21    0.59    0.46    0.65    1.09    3.57    1.15     0.75
% lakes                     4.38    5.36   13.51    1.91    2.28    1.80   11.19     6.12
% glacier                   0.20    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0.03


Percent of Land Cover Type:

                                  BB      BS      GF      GR      BP      DS      KA    TOTAL
% of total forest              23.16   18.09   26.76    6.15   19.65    0.19    5.99   100.00
% of total arable land          2.01    3.31   10.19   10.74   63.68    4.67    5.41   100.00
% of total pasture              0.34    0.64   14.35   15.58   64.06    3.12    1.91   100.00
% of total non-prod. open land 16.48   14.62   23.53    8.92   31.59    1.94    2.91   100.00
% of total unknown land        16.52   20.04   39.27    0.31   14.11    2.88    6.88   100.00
% of total urban area           4.37   10.19   14.61    6.77   47.74    8.10    8.23   100.00
% of total lakes               11.01   11.41   52.59    2.43   12.24    0.50    9.81   100.00
% of total glacier            100.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   100.00

                        WETLANDS*

                             BB      BS      GF      GR      BP      DS      KA    TOTAL
wetland area (sq. km.)     56493   23350   22370    7098   22732     353    5404   137800
%of sub-drainage basin     21.03   10.27    5.38    5.23    3.96    1.19    5.77     7.90
% of total wetlands        41.00   16.95   16.23    5.15   16.50    0.26    3.92   100.00

* Wetland data are not combined with other land cover data due to incompatibility of the data sources.