Land Use Data for Latitude 12.25 Longitude 28.25

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

Locations

En Nahud

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.