Land Use Data for Latitude 48.75 Longitude 33.75

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

Locations

Mazepyn Yar
Mishuryn Rig
Psel river valley near Komsomol's'k

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
Sugar beat
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 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.