Land Use Data for Latitude 33.75 Longitude 40.75

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

Locations

Mesopotamian shrub desert ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
above 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Ga'Ara 1 (Surface)Iron

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.