Land Use Data for Latitude -30.25 Longitude 28.75

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

Locations

Matatiele Commonage

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Subtopical humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

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.