Land Use Data for Latitude -21.25 Longitude 47.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Ranomafana National Park Ranomafana National Park Ranomafana National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics perhumid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329330 to 359
Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
5 to 88 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.
