Land Use Data for Latitude -29.25 Longitude 30.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| KwaZulu-Natal mistbelt grasslands Umvoti vlei |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Subtopical humidSubtropical drylands
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
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)
Lixisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
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.
