Land Use Data for Latitude 27.75 Longitude 91.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bumdelling Wildlife Sanctuary Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests ecoregion Menji wetland |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
01 to 29
30 to 59
60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Greyzems
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Glaciers
Terrain
Mountain > 2500Slopes (degrees)
16 to 3030 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4050 to 75
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.
