Land Use Data for Latitude 36.25 Longitude 85.25

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

Locations

North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar

Livestock

Goats
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

0
1 to 29

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Glaciers

Terrain

Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

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.