Land Use Data for Latitude -29.25 Longitude 29.25

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

Locations

Natal Drakensberg Park
Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park Provincial Nature Reserve
Upper Senqu River

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Subtopical humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

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

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%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
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)

40 to 50
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.