Land Use Data for Latitude 44.25 Longitude 40.25

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

Locations

Bolchoi Tkhach mountain
Sources of Kuna and Shisha rivers
Vicinity of Dakhovka

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Sugar beat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Greyzems
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

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.