Land Use Data for Latitude 43.25 Longitude 78.25

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

Locations

Assy Plateau

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

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.