Land Use Data for Latitude -22.25 Longitude 46.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Andringitra National Park Andringitra National Park Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra |
Agricultural Land Uses
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigationSparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryCassava
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
270 to 299
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)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 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.
