Land Use Data for Latitude 50.75 Longitude 45.75

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

Locations

Cherebaevskaya floodplain
Stepan Rasin Rock

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Millet
Other grain (dried) crops
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.