Land Use Data for Latitude -27.25 Longitude 31.75

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

Locations

Pongolapoort Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Seed Cotton

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Planosols
Regosols (Other)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.