Land Use Data for Latitude 53.75 Longitude 64.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Shoshkaly Lake System |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Oil-bearing cropsPotatoes
Roots tubers
Sunflower Seed
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119Soil Types
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 3030 to 40
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.
