Land Use Data for Latitude -18.25 Longitude 47.25

Locations

Ambohitantely Special Reserve and surrounding area

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

240 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)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Plinthosols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km²)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
75 to 100