Land Use Data for Latitude -26.25 Longitude 31.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Malolotja Nature Reserve Malolotja Nature Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Beans Dry
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
AcrisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
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)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75above 100
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Ngwenya Mine (Surface) | Iron |
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.
