Land Use Data for Latitude 39.75 Longitude 65.25

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

Locations

Karnabchul Steppe

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

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.