Land Use Data for Latitude -23.75 Longitude 30.75

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

Locations

Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Luvisols
Lixisols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

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

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Consolidated Murchinson LimitedAntimony, Gold, Silver, Arsenic
Gravelotte Mine (Underground)Antimony
MurchisonGold, Arsenic, Antimony, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, PGE, Silver

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.