Land Use Data for Latitude 28.25 Longitude 97.25

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

Locations

Dichu Reserve Forest
ZayĆ¼

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
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

Polar
Boreal drylands
Temperate drylands
Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols

Terrain

Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.