Land Use Data for Latitude 43.25 Longitude 77.25

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

Locations

Almaty State Nature Reserve
Tian Shan foothill arid steppe ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

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.