Land Use Data for Latitude -22.75 Longitude 16.75

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

Locations

Daan Viljoen Game Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
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.