Land Use Data for Latitude -18.25 Longitude 34.25

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

Locations

Gorongosa Mountain and National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Goats
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

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)
Luvisols
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
10 to 50

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.