Land Use Data for Latitude -14.25 Longitude 47.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Sahamalaza Bay wetlands SAPM Sahamalaza-Iles Radama |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Crops
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 58 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
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.
