Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude 45.25

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

Locations

Eastern Caucasus

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
30 to 40

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.