Land Use Data for Latitude -27.75 Longitude 29.75

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

Locations

Chelmsford Nature Reserve
Voordeel Conservancy

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Acrisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Planosols
Regosols (Other)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
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.