Land Use Data for Latitude -21.25 Longitude 27.75

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

Locations

Zambezian halophytics ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Millet
Sorghum

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Luvisols
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Phoenix Mine (Surface)Nickel, Copper
Selkirk Mine (Underground)Nickel, Cobalt, Copper

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.