Land Use Data for Latitude 46.75 Longitude 41.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size) Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsTemperate drylandsLivestockCattlePigs Poultry Sheep CropsWheatGrowing Period (days)90 to 119Soil TypesChernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0 to 0.50.5 to 2 2 to 5 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 30Agricultural 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. |