Land Use Data for Latitude 27.25 Longitude 89.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Ada lake / Puna Tsangchu Thimphu wetlands |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Sheep
Crops
MaizeGrowing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
AcrisolsLeptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
16 to 3030 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 100Agricultural 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.
