Land Use Data for Latitude 29.25 Longitude 50.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Hilleh Protected Area

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Regosols (Other)
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

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.