Land Use Data for Latitude 35.75 Longitude 102.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Qilian Mountains conifer forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherMixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
Crops
PotatoesGrowing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
Soil Types
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Mountain 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)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 5050 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.
