Land Use Data for Latitude 23.25 Longitude 108.25

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

Locations

Daming Shan
Xianhu Reservoir

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Rock Outcrop

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.