Land Use Data for Latitude 26.25 Longitude 77.75

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

Locations

Ghatigaon Bustard Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100
above 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.