Global Forest Resources Assessment

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
GIScCE, South Dakota State University


e062n51


Location


51° N; 62° E
Asia; Kazakhstan (Aktyubinskaya)
Elevation of the tile center point: 238 m
Water consist 0.0% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands biome
Kazakh steppe ecoregion



External information resources


The Degree Confluence Project information



Tile outlines


 Tile outline 10x10km and 20x20km [KMZ]
 Tile outline 10x10km [SHP]
 Tile outline 20x20km [SHP]


Climate and Phenology


Köppen Climate Classification System


Continental, humid, hot summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

29

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

-22

Annual precipitation (mm)

266


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.47

           Monthly NDVI (percent of maximum annual NDVI)




Land Cover Data


MODIS Tree canopy cover



                  Tree canopy cover

         0%

100%


      Tree canopy cover within the tile

mean

4.2%

median

4%

maximum

46%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 28.4%





 Download MODIS-derived tree canopy cover
    and SRTM water mask [GeoTIF]