Land Use Data for Latitude 27.25 Longitude 71.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Thar desert ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
1 to 2930 to 59
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Sand Dunes
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 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.
