Land Use Data for Latitude 55.25 Longitude 68.25

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

Locations

Gor'koye lake near Karas'ye village

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Greyzems
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30

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.