Land Use Data for Latitude 40.75 Longitude 46.25

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

Locations

Shamkhor area

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

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)

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)

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

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
50 to 75

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.