Land Use Data for Latitude -28.25 Longitude 29.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Alexpan Murphy's Rust Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Subtopical humidLivestock
CattleSheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
Soil Types
AcrisolsLeptosols (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 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 50Agricultural 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.
