Land Use Data for Latitude 31.25 Longitude 35.25

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

Locations

Judean desert

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - 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 drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

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.