Land Use Data for Latitude -15.75 Longitude 35.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Mount Mulanje Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Mokanji Mountain (Surface) | Aluminum |
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.
