Land Use Data for Latitude 38.75 Longitude 46.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Arasbaran Protected Area |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Ecosystems
Temperate humidTemperate drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
180 to 209
Soil Types
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)
Rock Outcrop
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 3040 to 50
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.
