Land Use Data for Latitude 31.25 Longitude 47.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Central Marshes |
Agricultural Land Uses
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigationAgriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean drylandsDeserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
DatesFruits
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
90 to 119
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Solonchaks (Saline)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Agricultural 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.
