Land Use Data for Latitude -32.75 Longitude 27.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Amatole forest complex |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Subtopical humidLivestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
120 to 149Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Luvisols
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
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
10 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
