Land Use Data for Latitude 31.25 Longitude 35.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Judean desert |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Mediterranean drylandsLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 1020 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.
