Land Use Data for Latitude 32.75 Longitude 106.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Daxiaolangou Nature Reserve Micang Shan Nature Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - 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)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
PotatoesRoots tubers
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
Soil Types
Anthrosols (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)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
16 to 30
30 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
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.
