Land Use Data for Latitude 30.75 Longitude 34.75

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

Locations

Cliffs of Zin and the Negev highlands
Mazuq HaZinnim Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
20 to 30

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.