Land Use Data for Latitude 33.25 Longitude 102.25

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

Locations

Huang He Shouqu Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Unknown

Terrain

Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

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.