Land Use Data for Latitude 55.25 Longitude 46.25

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

Locations

Flood-plain of Algashka river
Shumerlinskaya

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Greyzems
Podzoluvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

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.