Land Use Data for Latitude -33.25 Longitude 18.25Area 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 pastoralismGrasslands - 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 drylandsLivestock
CattleSheep
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 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 plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
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.
