Land Use Data for Latitude 46.25 Longitude 49.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Kazakhstan portion of the river Volga's Delta: Zhambay |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsDeserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
PotatoesRoots tubers
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Sand Dunes
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 2Infant 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.
