Land Use Data for Latitude 31.25 Longitude 61.75

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

Locations

South end of the Hamoun-i Puzak

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

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.