Land Use Data for Latitude 26.25 Longitude 74.75

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

Locations

Gawana Arain, Mangaliyawas, Ramsar, Goyal, Ratakot, Badar
Sonkhaliya Closed Area

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100

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.