Land Use Data for Latitude 31.25 Longitude 34.75

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

Locations

Western Negev

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
20 to 30

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Arad MinePhosphorus-Phosphates
Be'Er Sheva' CalciteCalcium
Beersheva (Surface)Phosphorus-Phosphates
BeershevaUranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Dead Sea Works MinePotassium
Makhtesh MinePhosphorus-Phosphates
Nahal Zin MinePhosphorus-Phosphates
Oron MinePhosphorus-Phosphates

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.