Land Use Data for Latitude -22.75 Longitude 27.25

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

Locations

Tswapong Hills

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Sorghum

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Lixisols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2

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.