Land Use Data for Latitude 30.25 Longitude 105.25

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

Locations

Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Alisols
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 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.