Land Use Data for Latitude -14.25 Longitude 47.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Sahamalaza Bay wetlands SAPM
Sahamalaza-Iles Radama

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

Agricultural 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.