Land Use Data for Latitude 26.75 Longitude 78.75

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

Locations

Kudaiyya marshland
National Chambal River Gharial Sanctuary
National Chambal Sanctuary
National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary (Agra/Etawah)

Agricultural Land Uses

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)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

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.