Land Use Data for Latitude 27.25 Longitude 69.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Nara Desert Wildlife Sanctuary |
Agricultural Land Uses
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestockMixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Crops
Oil-bearing cropsRice Paddy
Seed Cotton
Wheat
cereals and cereal products
Growing Period (days)
1 to 29Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Sand Dunes
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 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.
