Land Use Data for Latitude 48.25 Longitude 86.75

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

Locations

Burqin River and Kanas Lake

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Oil-bearing crops
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sunflower Seed

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
30 to 40

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.