Land Use Data for Latitude -27.25 Longitude 30.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Grassland Biosphere Reserve (proposed) |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Subtopical humidSubtropical drylands
Cool Tropic mixed
Livestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
Beans DryGrain (dried)
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
AcrisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Planosols
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 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.
