Land Use Data for Latitude 49.25 Longitude 37.25

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

Locations

Bakhtyn river valley
Izyums'ka Luka forest

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Other oils crop
Sugar beat
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Greyzems
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.