Land Use Data for Latitude -16.75 Longitude 44.25

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

Locations

Bemarivo Special Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

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.