Land Use Data for Latitude 31.25 Longitude 79.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Gangotri National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismSparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Mountain > 2500Slopes (degrees)
2 to 58 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
