Land Use Data for Latitude 43.75 Longitude 42.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Kabardino-Balkarski Nature Reserve Marinskaya cuesta of Skalisti ridge Ravine of Eshkakon river Sources of Khudes river Sources of Kuma river Sources of the Podkumok river |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed 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)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Temperate humidTemperate drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Sugar beatWheat
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
180 to 209
Soil Types
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2030 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.
