Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude 66.75

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

Locations

Amudarya floodlands near Termez

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cotton

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
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.