Land Use Data for Latitude 29.25 Longitude 94.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
PotatoesRoots tubers
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Podzoluvisols
Glaciers
Terrain
Mountain > 2500Slopes (degrees)
16 to 3030 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2050 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.
