Land Use Data for Latitude -25.75 Longitude 27.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture in protected areas Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsSubtopical humidLivestockCattleGoats Poultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsMaize Growing Period (days)90 to 119Soil TypesCalcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Luvisols Plinthosols Vertisols (Heavy clay) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 10 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 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. |