Land Use Data for Latitude 35.25 Longitude 67.75

Area 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 drylands
Temperate drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 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 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

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.