Land Use Data for Latitude 10.75 Longitude -15.25

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

Locations

Ile Alcatraz et Ile du Naufrage
Iles Tristao

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Wetlands - Mangrove
Wetlands - Agro-pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Groundnuts in Shell
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

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.