Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude 55.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Golestan Golestan National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
60 to 89Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Solonchaks (Saline)
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
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 50Infant 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.
