Land Use Data for Latitude 56.25 Longitude 42.25

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

Locations

Klyazminsko-Balakhninskaya lowland
Yuzhskoe lake-land

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Podzoluvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.