Land Use Data for Latitude -19.25 Longitude 46.75

Locations

Lake Itasy

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Beans Dry
Maize
Plantains

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

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)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km²)

0 to 2
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)	Minerals
Bauxite - Malagasy	Aluminum
Bemainty, Madagascar	Nickel
Bikera River	Gold, Platinum
Sahanimora	Gold, Platinum