Land Use Data for Latitude 31.75 Longitude 61.75

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

Locations

Hamun-i-Puzak

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

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.