Land Use Data for Latitude 41.25 Longitude 69.75

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

Locations

Bashkyzylsay Unit of the Chatkal Mountains Biosphere Reserve
Chatkal Mountains Biosphere Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Cotton
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Facility) Chirchik Smelter and Alloy Plant (Processing Plant)Tungsten, Molybdenum

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.