Land Use Data for Latitude 59.75 Longitude 164.75

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

Locations

Verkhoturova island

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Livestock

Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.