Land Use Data for Latitude -32.25 Longitude 18.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bird Island Verlorenvlei |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattleSheep
Growing Period (days)
30 to 59Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
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.
