Land Use Data for Latitude 26.75 Longitude 91.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary Deothang / Narphang / Samdrup Jongkhar |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Maize
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
Soil Types
AcrisolsLeptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
30 to 45above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 210 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 100Agricultural 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.
