Land Use Data for Latitude 38.75 Longitude 48.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Zuvand upland |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidTemperate drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
