Land Use Data for Latitude 29.25 Longitude 112.75

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

Locations

Dongting Hu wetlands

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Agriculture in protected areas
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359

Soil Types

Acrisols
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30
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.