Land Use Data for Latitude -18.75 Longitude 15.75

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

Locations

Etosha National Park
Etosha National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Millet

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 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.