Land Use Data for Latitude 34.75 Longitude 10.75

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

Locations

Salines de Thyna

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

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.