Land Use Data for Latitude 43.75 Longitude 47.25

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

Locations

Achikol'skiye lakes
Agrakhanski Bay (North Agrakhan)
Lake 'Southern Agrakhan'

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

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.