Land Use Data for Latitude 29.75 Longitude 34.75

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

Locations

Southern Arava valley and Elat mountains
Wadi Gerafi

Agricultural Land Uses

Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
No data

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
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.