Land Use Data for Latitude 25.25 Longitude 98.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Gaoligong Shan Nature Reserve (southern section) |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Pigs
Crops
PotatoesRoots tubers
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
300 to 329
Soil Types
AcrisolsAlisols
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 58 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 210 to 50
50 to 250
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.
