Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude -111.25

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

Locations

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

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.