Land Use Data for Latitude -34.75 Longitude 19.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Agulhas National Park Groothagelkraal National Heritage Site Heuningnes river and estuary system Quoin Point Provincial Nature Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean drylandsLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
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.
