Land Use Data for Latitude -30.25 Longitude 29.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Franklin vlei |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Ecosystems
Boreal drylandsTemperate humid
Subtropical drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
240 to 269
Soil Types
AcrisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
5 to 88 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
