Land Use Data for Latitude 27.25 Longitude 89.75

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

Locations

Ada lake / Puna Tsangchu
Thimphu wetlands

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands
Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Maize

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Acrisols
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.