Land Use Data for Latitude -17.75 Longitude 27.75

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

Locations

Chizarira National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Millet
Seed Cotton
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
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.