Land Use Data for Latitude -25.75 Longitude 30.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Blue Swallow Natural Heritage Site |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
AcrisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Lixisols
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
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 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.
