Land Use Data for Latitude 30.25 Longitude 48.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Shadegan marshes and tidal mudflats of Khor-al Amaya and Khor Musa |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralismRainfed 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
Ecosystems
Mediterranean drylandsDeserts
Livestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
Soil Types
Solonchaks (Saline)Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
2 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 50Agricultural 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.
