Land Use Data for Latitude 40.75 Longitude 60.75

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

Locations

Central Asian southern desert ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59

Soil Types

Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Sand Dunes

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
75 to 100

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.