Land Use Data for Latitude 32.25 Longitude 52.75

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

Locations

Gavekhoni lake, and marshes of the lower Zaindeh Rud

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

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.