Land Use Data for Latitude -33.75 Longitude 18.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve Rietvlei Wetland Reserve Robben Island National Historical Monument Table Mountain |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean drylandsSubtopical humid
Livestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Planosols
Plinthosols
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Agricultural 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.
