Land Use Data for Latitude 42.75 Longitude 81.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesShrubs - Intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size) Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsBoreal drylandsTemperate drylands LivestockCattlePigs Sheep CropsPotatoesRoots tubers Growing Period (days)60 to 89Soil TypesChernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Mountain > 2500 Slopes (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)10 to 50Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)10 to 2020 to 30 30 to 40 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. |