Land Use Data for Latitude -24.75 Longitude 28.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture in protected areas Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products Maize Growing Period (days)60 to 89Soil TypesAcrisolsArenosols (Sandy) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols Lixisols Vertisols (Heavy clay) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)0 to 0.50.5 to 2 2 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 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)40 to 50Mineral Extraction
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. |