Land Use Data for Latitude 40.25 Longitude 44.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsBoreal drylandsTemperate drylands LivestockCattlePigs Poultry Sheep Growing Period (days)60 to 8990 to 119 120 to 149 150 to 179 Soil TypesChernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)2 to 55 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 3030 to 40 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. |