Land Use Data for Latitude -31.25 Longitude 29.25

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

Locations

Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Acrisols
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
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.