Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude 43.25

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

Locations

Benavi
Dori Serguza
Ser Amadiya

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

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.