Land Use Data for Latitude 29.75 Longitude 109.75

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

Locations

Badagongshan Nature Reserve
Badagongshan Nature Reserve
Dangandaomihou Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
Alisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.