Land Use Data for Latitude -24.25 Longitude 27.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Marakele National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics drylands
Deserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
Soil Types
AcrisolsArenosols (Sandy)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Lixisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 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.
