Land Use Data for Latitude 33.75 Longitude 41.25

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

Locations

Augla, Wadi Hauran
Gasr Muhaiwir, Wadi Hauran

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
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
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
above 100

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.