Land Use Data for Latitude 15.25 Longitude 43.25

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

Locations

Al-Kadan area

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Millet
Sesame Seed
Sorghum

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
above 100

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.