Land Use Data for Latitude 23.25 Longitude 116.75

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

Locations

Rong Jiang Estuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols
Alisols
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
10 to 20

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.