Land Use Data for Latitude 28.75 Longitude 90.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherMixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsPolarBoreal drylands Temperate drylands LivestockCattlePigs Sheep CropsPotatoesGrowing Period (days)60 to 8990 to 119 120 to 149 Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Unknown TerrainMountain > 2500Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)40 to 5050 to 75 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. |