Land Use Data for Latitude 38.25 Longitude 73.25

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

Locations

Pamir alpine desert and tundra ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

0
1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.