Land Use Data for Latitude 49.25 Longitude 28.25

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

Locations

Mikulinetskie fish-ponds
Snyvoda river valley

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
Potatoes
Sugar beat
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Greyzems
Podzoluvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.