Land Use Data for Latitude -29.75 Longitude 30.75

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

Locations

Bluff Nature Reserve
Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve
Krantzkloof Nature Reserve
New Germany Nature Reserve
North Park Nature Reserve
Palmiet Nature Reserve
Roosfontein Nature Reserve
Shongweni Resources Reserve
Silverglen Nature Reserve
Treasure Beach Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid
Subtropical drylands
Cool Tropic mixed

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

Soil Types

Acrisols
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Plinthosols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Cato Ridge Works (Processing Plant)Manganese
Umbogintwini Plant Ti (Processing Plant)Titanium, Pigment

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.