Land Use Data for Latitude 31.25 Longitude 61.25

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

Locations

Hamoun-i Sabari and Hamoun-i Hirmand

Agricultural Land Uses

Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Maize
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

Solonchaks (Saline)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 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.