Land Use Data for Latitude 34.25 Longitude 70.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Jalalabad valley |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - 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 drylandsMediterranean drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Rice Paddy
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 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 plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 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.
