Land Use Data for Latitude 31.75 Longitude 77.75

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

Locations

Great Himalayan National Park
Great Himalayan National Park
Rupi Bhaba Sanctuary
Tirthan Sanctuary
Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

0
1 to 29
30 to 59
60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
50 to 250

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.