Land Use Data for Latitude 42.75 Longitude 47.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Barchan Sarykum and Narat-Tyube Buinakskaya depression Krasnoarmeiskiye waste lands Talginskaya Valley |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 30Agricultural 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.
