Land Use Data for Latitude 36.25 Longitude 70.75

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

Locations

Hindu Kush alpine meadow ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands
Temperate drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Rock Outcrop

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 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.