Land Use Data for Latitude 16.75 Longitude 49.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralismEcosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
1 to 29Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)
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)
0Infant 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.
