Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude 34.25

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

Locations

Bolkar mountains

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Potatoes
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

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.