Land Use Data for Latitude 27.75 Longitude 98.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Agriculture in protected areas Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism EcosystemsPolarBoreal drylands Temperate humid Cool Tropic mixed LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsPotatoes Roots tubers Growing Period (days)120 to 149150 to 179 180 to 209 210 to 239 240 to 269 270 to 299 Soil TypesCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols Regosols (Other) TerrainMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)16 to 3030 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)50 to 7575 to 100 above 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. |