Land Use Data for Latitude 33.25 Longitude 49.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Oshtrankuh Protected Area Zagros Mountains forest steppe ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 5050 to 75
Agricultural 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.
