Land Use Data for Latitude 36.75 Longitude -98.25

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

Locations

Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Great Salt Plains-1Copper

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.