Land Use Data for Latitude 48.75 Longitude 42.75

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

Locations

Levo-Dobrinskaya valley
Pontic steppe ecoregion
Secretevskiye sands (Oblivski forest)

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

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.