Land Use Data for Latitude 36.25 Longitude 138.25

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

Locations

Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests ecoregion
Yatsugatake - Chushin Kogen Quasi National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

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
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.