Land Use Data for Latitude 55.25 Longitude 55.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bel'skaya flood-plain |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BarleyPotatoes
Sugar beat
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Greyzems
Podzoluvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
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.
