Land Use Data for Latitude 33.75 Longitude 35.75

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

Locations

Aammiq wetland
Barouk Cedars Forest Reserve
Shouf Cedars Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Apples
Fruits
Oil-bearing crops
Olives

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
30 to 40

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.