Land Use Data for Latitude -24.25 Longitude 43.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Tsimanampetsotsa National Park Tsimanampetsotsa National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 100Agricultural 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.
