Land Use Data for Latitude -19.25 Longitude 47.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Ankaratra Massif Madagascar subhumid forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
270 to 299
Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Plinthosols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 25 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 210 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
