Land Use Data for Latitude -33.75 Longitude 25.75

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

Locations

Swartkops estuary, Redhouse and Chatty saltpans

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.