Land Use Data for Latitude -12.75 Longitude 15.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
120 to 149Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Agricultural 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.
