Land Use Data for Latitude 33.25 Longitude 8.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Douz Laâla Ghidma Sebkhet Nouaïel |
Agricultural Land Uses
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigationUrban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
GoatsPoultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyDates
Growing Period (days)
30 to 59Soil Types
Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)Solonchaks (Saline)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 30Agricultural 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.
