Land Use Data for Latitude 29.75 Longitude 103.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size) Urban land EcosystemsTemperate humidSubtropical drylands LivestockBuffaloesCattle Pigs Poultry CropsCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)Potatoes Roots tubers Growing Period (days)270 to 299300 to 329 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) Luvisols Regosols (Other) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 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 1010 to 20 20 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. |