Land Use Data for Latitude 43.75 Longitude 81.75

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

Locations

Ili River basin

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands
Temperate drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

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.