Land Use Data for Latitude 42.75 Longitude 44.75

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

Locations

Erzi
Kazbegi
Khevsureti
Shanskoye ravine
Targimskaya intermountain

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Greyzems

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
30 to 40

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Arkhon (Underground)Lead, Zinc
Tarskoye (Surface)Zirconium, Titanium

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.