Land Use Data for Latitude 31.75 Longitude 48.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Dez river marshes and plains Horeh Bamdej Karun river marshes |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean drylandsLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (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)
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.
