Land Use Data for Latitude 44.75 Longitude 81.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Sayram Nur |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - 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
PolarBoreal drylands
Deserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Oil-bearing cropsPotatoes
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 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 plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 3050 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.
