Land Use Data for Latitude 28.75 Longitude 114.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsTemperate humidSubtropical drylands LivestockCattlePigs Poultry CropsRice PaddyGrowing Period (days)270 to 299300 to 329 330 to 359 above 360 Soil TypesAcrisolsAlisols Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity) Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols Unknown TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 25 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)50 to 250Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 3030 to 40 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. |