Land Use Data for Latitude 43.75 Longitude 41.25

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

Locations

Skalisti ridge between Urup and Maly Zelenchuk rivers

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Sugar beat
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
30 to 40

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.