Land Use Data for Latitude 50.75 Longitude 46.75

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

Locations

Outskirts of village Il'inka
Outskirts of village Lepekhinka
Outskirts of village Pervomaiskoye
Priyeruslanskiye sands
Rovno area
Vicinity of Borisoglebovka (Saratovski [Semenovski] Reserve)

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

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.