Land Use Data for Latitude 27.75 Longitude 51.25

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

Locations

Nakhilu, Morghu and Ummal Karam islands

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Regosols (Other)
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

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.