Land Use Data for Latitude 35.25 Longitude 47.75

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

Locations

Plains near Ghorveh

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.