Land Use Data for Latitude 18.25 Longitude 41.25

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

Locations

Khawr 'Amiq

Agricultural Land Uses

Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Dates
Fruits
Sorghum
Tomatoes

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
10 to 50

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.