Land Use Data for Latitude -16.25 Longitude 46.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Ankarafantsika and surrounds Ankarafantsika National Park and Ampijoroa Forestry Station La Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d' Ankarafantsika |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 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.
