Land Use Data for Latitude 30.25 Longitude 35.25

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

Locations

Petra

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cloves Whole+Stems
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Vegetables
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

0
60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
40 to 50

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.