Land Use Data for Latitude -20.75 Longitude 25.25

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

Locations

Makgadikgadi Pans

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
above 100

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.