Land Use Data for Latitude 34.25 Longitude 70.25

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

Locations

Jalalabad valley

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands
Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Rock Outcrop

Terrain

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

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)

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.