Land Use Data for Latitude -24.25 Longitude 31.75

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

Locations

Kruger National Park and adjacent areas

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
75 to 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.