Land Use Data for Latitude 27.75 Longitude 86.75

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

Locations

Makalu Barun National Park
Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) National Park
Sagarmatha National Park

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Growing Period (days)

0
30 to 59
60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Glaciers

Terrain

Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

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)

50 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.