Land Use Data for Latitude 35.25 Longitude 67.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Afghan Mountains semi-desert ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Boreal drylandsTemperate drylands
Deserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
5 to 88 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 50Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Agricultural 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.
