Land Use Data for Latitude 33.25 Longitude 44.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Abu Habba Al Jadriyah and Umm Al Khanazeer island |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Ecosystems
Mediterranean drylandsDeserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
DatesFruits
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
Population Density (persons per km2)
010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Agricultural 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.
