Land Use Data for Latitude 32.75 Longitude 68.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| East Afghan montane conifer forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Rock Outcrop
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
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)
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.
