Land Use Data for Latitude 40.25 Longitude 24.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Urban land EcosystemsTemperate humidTemperate drylands LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsMaize Oil-bearing crops Seed Cotton Wheat Growing Period (days)120 to 149150 to 179 180 to 209 Soil TypesFluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Histosols (Peat and muck soils) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Regosols (Other) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 25 to 8 16 to 30 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)2 to 5Agricultural 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. |