Land Use Data for Latitude 31.75 Longitude 100.25

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

Locations

Kasha Hu Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
75 to 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.