Land Use Data for Latitude 30.75 Longitude 90.75

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

Locations

Nam Co

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Polar

Livestock

Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Unknown

Terrain

Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
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.