Land Use Data for Latitude 35.75 Longitude 38.25

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

Locations

Buhayrat al-Assad

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - 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 drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Olives
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.