Land Use Data for Latitude 31.75 Longitude 47.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Haur Al Rayan and Umm Osbah Haur Chubaisah area Haur Om am Nyaj Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean drylandsLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyDates
Fruits
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Solonchaks (Saline)
Sand Dunes
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
02 to 10
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75above 100
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.
