Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude 68.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesMixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigationAgriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size) Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsTemperate drylandsLivestockCattleGoats Sheep CropsPotatoesGrowing Period (days)60 to 8990 to 119 120 to 149 Soil TypesCalcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)50 to 75Agricultural 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. |