Land Use Data for Latitude 44.75 Longitude 81.25

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

Locations

Sayram Nur

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Oil-bearing crops
Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Greyzems
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
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)

20 to 30
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.