Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude 99.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Darkhad Depression |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
90 to 119
Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2050 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.
