Land Use Data for Latitude 30.25 Longitude -9.75

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

Locations

Parc National de Souss-Massa and Aglou
Souss-Massa National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands
Subtopical humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

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.