Land Use Data for Latitude 33.25 Longitude -5.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Aguelmane de Sidi Ali Ta'nzoult Aguelmane n'Tifounassine Parc Naturel d'Ifrane |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate humidTemperate drylands
Mediterranean humid
Livestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 3050 to 75
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.
