Land Use Data for Latitude 36.25 Longitude 70.75Area 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
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate drylands
Deserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 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 216 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 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.
