Land Use Data for Latitude -28.25 Longitude 29.25

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

Locations

Alexpan
Murphy's Rust
Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Acrisols
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Plinthosols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

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.