Land Use Data for Latitude -17.25 Longitude 44.25

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

Locations

Tambohorano wetland Complex

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Wetlands - Mangrove
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.