Land Use Data for Latitude 25.25 Longitude 108.75

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

Locations

Jiuwan Shan Nature Reserve
Sijian Shan Nature Reserve
Yuanbao Shan-Gunbei Laoshan

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
Alisols
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
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)

50 to 75
75 to 100
above 100

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.