Land Use Data for Latitude 29.25 Longitude 103.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size) Agriculture in protected areas Urban land EcosystemsTemperate humidSubtropical drylands LivestockBuffaloesCattle Pigs Poultry CropsPotatoesRoots tubers Growing Period (days)240 to 269270 to 299 300 to 329 330 to 359 Soil TypesAlisolsAnthrosols (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) Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence) Luvisols Regosols (Other) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)2 to 55 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)50 to 250above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)5 to 1020 to 30 30 to 40 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. |