Land Use Data for Latitude 33.75 Longitude 8.25

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

Locations

Chott Djerid

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59

Soil Types

Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

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.