Land Use Data for Latitude 29.25 Longitude 88.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Yarlung Tsangpo arid steppe ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismSparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Terrain
Mountain > 2500Slopes (degrees)
16 to 3030 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 3050 to 75
75 to 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.
