Land Use Data for Latitude 45.75 Longitude 48.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Astrakhanskiy Biosphere Reserve Volga Delta |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsDeserts
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
2 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
