Land Use Data for Latitude 34.75 Longitude 76.25

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

Locations

Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250

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.