Land Use Data for Latitude 36.25 Longitude 39.25

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

Locations

Tual al-'Abba

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Seed Cotton
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
40 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.