Land Use Data for Latitude 25.25 Longitude 103.25

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

Locations

Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
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.