Land Use Data for Latitude 48.25 Longitude 82.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Altai steppe and semi-desert ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Oil-bearing cropsPotatoes
Roots tubers
Sunflower Seed
Growing Period (days)
60 to 89Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 10Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
