Land Use Data for Latitude 39.75 Longitude 115.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive 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) Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsTemperate drylandsLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsPotatoesRoots tubers Growing Period (days)90 to 119120 to 149 Soil TypesAnthrosols (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) Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols Regosols (Other) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)50 to 250above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)5 to 1020 to 30 50 to 75 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. |