Land Use Data for Latitude 50.25 Longitude 72.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Kazakh upland ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Oil-bearing cropsPotatoes
Roots tubers
Sunflower Seed
Growing Period (days)
60 to 89Soil Types
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 10Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
