Land Use Data for Latitude 35.75 Longitude 38.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Buhayrat al-Assad |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Mediterranean drylandsLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyOlives
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 30Agricultural 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.
