Land Use Data for Latitude 29.25 Longitude 52.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lake Maharlu |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsMediterranean drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
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 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.
