Land Use Data for Latitude 38.25 Longitude 66.25

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

Locations

South-west Gizzar Foothills

Agricultural Land Uses

Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - 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 drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cotton

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.