Land Use Data for Latitude 50.25 Longitude 33.75

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

Locations

Psel river valley (Sary village)

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Greyzems
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
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.