Land Use Data for Latitude 35.75 Longitude 10.25

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

Locations

Kairouan plains
Metbassta
Oued Sed
Sebkhet Halk el Menzel
Sebkhet Kelbia
Sebkhet Sidi el Hani

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands
Subtopical humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
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.