Land Use Data for Latitude 35.25 Longitude 75.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Deosai National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralismEcosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Glaciers
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250Agricultural 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.
