Land Use Data for Latitude 26.25 Longitude 70.75

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

Locations

Desert National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 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.