Land Use Data for Latitude 36.75 Longitude -98.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge |
Agricultural Land Uses
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestockSparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
Soil Types
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 210 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| (Surface) | Sand and Gravel, Construction |
| Great Salt Plains-1 | Copper |
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.
