Land Use Data for Latitude 33.25 Longitude -115.75

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

Locations

Salton Sea

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.