Land Use Data for Latitude 29.25 Longitude 97.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherSparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
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
Terrain
Mountain > 2500Slopes (degrees)
16 to 3030 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0Infant 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.
