Land Use Data for Latitude 32.75 Longitude 68.75

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

Locations

East Afghan montane conifer forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - 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 drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Rock Outcrop

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

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.