Land Use Data for Latitude -33.25 Longitude 18.25

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

Locations

Dassen Island
West Coast National Park
West Coast National Park and Saldanha Bay islands

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Planosols
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
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.