Land Use Data for Latitude 35.25 Longitude 79.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Aksayqin Hu and alpine grassland |
Ecosystems
PolarGrowing Period (days)
01 to 29
30 to 59
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Glaciers
Terrain
Mountain > 2500Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
02 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
