Land Use Data for Latitude -15.75 Longitude 35.25

Locations

Soche Mountain Forest Reserve South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Groundnuts in Shell
Maize
Pulses nes
Sweet potatoes & yams

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km²)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)	Minerals
Chilingali Hill	Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Gold