Land Use Data for Latitude 41.75 Longitude 86.75

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

Locations

Bosten Lake

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Unknown

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30
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.