Land Use Data for Latitude 56.25 Longitude 160.25

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

Locations

Kamchatka-Kurile taiga ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

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)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.