Land Use Data for Latitude -17.25 Longitude 12.75

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

Locations

Kaokoveld desert ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2

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.