Land Use Data for Latitude 39.75 Longitude 43.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size) EcosystemsTemperate drylandsLivestockCattleGoats Poultry Sheep CropsBarleyCereals and cereal products Wheat Growing Period (days)90 to 119120 to 149 Soil TypesAnthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter) Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter) Leptosols (Shallow soils) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 3040 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. |