Land Use Data for Latitude -24.75 Longitude 28.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Nyl river flood-plain Nylsvley |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - 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
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Growing Period (days)
60 to 89Soil Types
AcrisolsArenosols (Sandy)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Lixisols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain 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
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Fluorspar Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Aluminum, Calcium |
| Union Tin Mine (Underground) | Tin |
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.
