Land Use Data for Latitude -33.75 Longitude 18.25

Area 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 pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands
Subtopical humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Planosols
Plinthosols
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

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.