Land Use Data for Latitude 28.75 Longitude 90.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - 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
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Sheep
Crops
PotatoesGrowing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
120 to 149
Soil Types
Arenosols (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
Terrain
Mountain > 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.
