Land Use Data for Latitude -24.75 Longitude 30.75

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

Locations

Blyde river canyon
Graskop grasslands

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

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

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

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.