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Soybean cultivation area .

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Author:

Rukhovich D.I., Koroleva I.E., Vilchevskaya E.V.

Compilation date:

10.07.2003.

Scale:

1:20,000,000

Precision:

Maps of the districts of the Russian Federation and of the regions of the former republics of the Soviet Union have been compiled on the scale of 1:20,000,000.

Projection:

.Albers equal-area projection for the USSR., 9, 1001, 7, 100, 0, 44, 68, 0, 0.

Main content:

A vector map, on which polygons show cultivation areas.

Content's precision:

The map contains generalized information about plant distribution drawn from published sources and taking into consideration the map of cultivated lands of the USSR.

Map compilation procedure:

The cultivation area map has been compiled by combining maps of the districts of the Russian Federation, maps of the regions of the former republics of the Soviet Union, the map of natural and agricultural zoning, and the map of cultivated lands. A plant cultivation database comprised of 20 fields has been compiled for district and regional maps. A cultured plant distribution layer was determined for each field, whereupon non-arable lands were excluded from each layer. The map of the arable lands of the former USSR has been obtained by reducing the 1:4,000,000 map of cultivated lands to the scale of 1:20,000,000, taking into account the areas where 10% or more of the land is tilled. Cultured plant distribution only takes into account those areas where these plants occupy 3-5% or more of the tilled land.

Data sources:

Agricultural Atlas of the USSR. 1960. Central directorate of land surveying and cartography of the Ministry of geology and protection of the Earth's interior of the USSR. Moscow. 40 printer's sheets.
Agriculture of the USSR: Annual of Statistics/ State committee for standardization of the USSR Moscow. 1988. "Finances and Statistics". 535 p.
Atlas of the USSR (2nd edition). 1969. Central directorate of land surveying and cartography of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Moscow. 26 printer's sheets.
Gurenev, M.N., ed. 1981. Fundamentals of Agriculture. Moscow: "Kolos". 495 p.
Kashtanov, A.N., ed. 1983. Natural and Agricultural Zoning and Utilization of Lands Available in the USSR. Moscow: "Kolos". p. 336.
Land resources of the USSR. 1990. 4.1. Natural and agricultural zoning of the regions, territories, autonomous republics and republics of the USSR. Moscow. (State Research Institute of Land Resources)
National Economy of the USSR in 1990. 1991. State committee for standardization of the USSR Statistical Yearbook. Moscow: "Finances and Statistics", 752 p.
Russian Yearbook of Statistics: Statistic Collection. 2001. Vol. 1. Russian state committee for standardization. Moscow. 679 p.
Russian Yearbook of Statistics: Statistic Collection. 2001. Vol. 2. Russian state committee for standardization. Moscow. 679 p.
Environmental and Economic Conditions of Agricultural Production in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In 3 parts. 1986. State Agricultural and Industrial Committee of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, All-Union V.I. Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, V.V. Dokuchayev Research Institute of Soil. Moscow.
Utilization of the Soils in the South of the Taiga Zone: Specific Features. 1988. Recommendations for Procedures and Reference Materials of All-Union V.I. Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, V.V. Dokuchayev Research Institute of Soil. Moscow. 51 p.
Utilization of the Soils of the Steppe and Dry Steppe Zones: Specific Features. 1988-89. Recommendations for Procedures and Reference Materials of All-Union V.I. Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, V.V. Dokuchayev Research Institute of Soil. Moscow. 68 p.
Yearbook of the Greater Soviet Encyclopaedia 1989, # 33. 1989. Moscow: "Sovyetskaya Entsyklopediya". 591 p.

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All rights for the map are reserved for Rukhovich D.I., Koroleva I.E., Vilchevskaya E.V.
Description: Gashkova I.V.