Land Use Data for Latitude -34.25 Longitude 19.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Botriviervlei and Kleinmond estuary Fernkloof Nature Reserve Hottentots-holland Mountain Catchment Area Vogelgat National Heritage Site |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Temperate humidMediterranean humid
Mediterranean drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
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.
