Land Use Data for Latitude 36.25 Longitude 44.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Bakhma, Dukan and Darbandikhan dams

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
above 100

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.