Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude 116.75

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

Locations

Caimushan Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30

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.