Land Use Data for Latitude 29.75 Longitude 34.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Southern Arava valley and Elat mountains Wadi Gerafi |
Agricultural Land Uses
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralismEcosystems
DesertsLivestock
PoultrySheep
Growing Period (days)
1 to 2930 to 59
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
No data
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 1030 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.
