Land Use Data for Latitude -23.25 Longitude 46.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Kalambatritra Special Reserve Kalambatritra Special Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismSparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Lixisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Plinthosols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 100above 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.
