Land Use Data for Latitude 26.75 Longitude 99.25

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

Locations

Biluo Xueshan

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329
330 to 359

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
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.