Land Use Data for Latitude 27.75 Longitude 78.25

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

Locations

Sheikha Jheel

Agricultural Land Uses

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
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km²)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 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.