Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude 44.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Şemdinli valley Yüksekova |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsDeserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 25 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 5050 to 75
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.
