Land Use Data for Latitude 28.75 Longitude 90.75

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

Locations

Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 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 > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
50 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.