Land Use Data for Latitude 56.75 Longitude 160.25

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

Locations

Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59
60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Podzols
Rock Outcrop
Glaciers

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
30 to 40

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.