Land Use Data for Latitude 28.75 Longitude 102.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture in protected areas Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsTemperate humidSubtropical drylands LivestockBuffaloesCattle Goats Pigs Poultry CropsPotatoesRoots tubers Growing Period (days)180 to 209210 to 239 240 to 269 270 to 299 300 to 329 Soil TypesAcrisolsAnthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity) Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) Luvisols Lixisols Podzoluvisols Regosols (Other) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)16 to 3030 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)10 to 2020 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 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. |