Land Use Data for Latitude -27.75 Longitude 31.25

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

Locations

Itala Game Reserve
Itala Game Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
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 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
above 100

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.