Land Use Data for Latitude 16.75 Longitude 54.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Salalah Bird Sanctuary |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismShrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
1 to 29Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
