Land Use Data for Latitude 35.25 Longitude 87.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Changtang plateau |
Ecosystems
PolarGrowing Period (days)
01 to 29
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Mountain > 2500Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
0Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 100above 100
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.
