Land Use Data for Latitude 49.75 Longitude 71.25

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

Locations

Kultansor and Tatysor Lakes
Tassuat Lake

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

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.