Land Use Data for Latitude -18.75 Longitude 16.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Etosha Pan halophytics ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMillet
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 2Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
