Land Use Data for Latitude -27.75 Longitude 25.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Sandveld and Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserves |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Subtopical humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Growing Period (days)
60 to 89Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Lixisols
Regosols (Other)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 2Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 50Agricultural 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.
