Land Use Data for Latitude 35.75 Longitude 51.75

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

Locations

Lar River Protected Area
Lashgarak and Latian dam

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
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.