Land Use Data for Latitude 34.75 Longitude 76.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralismBare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
Soil Types
AcrisolsCambisols (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 1616 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.
