Land Use Data for Latitude -23.75 Longitude 44.75

Locations

Beza-Mahafaly Special Reserve Parcels I and II

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km²)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100