Land Use Data for Latitude 38.25 Longitude 66.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| South-west Gizzar Foothills |
Agricultural Land Uses
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigationAgriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
CottonGrowing Period (days)
90 to 119Soil Types
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
