Land Use Data for Latitude 35.75 Longitude 106.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Liupan Shan Nature Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
PotatoesRoots tubers
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
8 to 1616 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 5050 to 75
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.
