Land Use Data for Latitude 53.75 Longitude 67.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Zhaltyr Lake |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Oil-bearing cropsPotatoes
Roots tubers
Sunflower Seed
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 10Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
