Land Use Data for Latitude 33.75 Longitude 60.25

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

Locations

Namakazar basin

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands
Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.