Land Use Data for Latitude 33.75 Longitude 36.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Abu Zad Wadi al-Qarn: Burqush |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsMediterranean humid
Mediterranean drylands
Deserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasFruits
Grapes
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Wheat
cereals and cereal products
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4040 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.
