Land Use Data for Latitude 42.75 Longitude 42.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Kabardino-Balkar Svaneti |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Glaciers
Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
16 to 3030 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2020 to 30
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.
