Land Use Data for Latitude 39.75 Longitude 39.75

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

Locations

Eksisu Marshes

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.