Land Use Data for Latitude 40.25 Longitude 43.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Sardarapat |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
Soil Types
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
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.
