Land Use Data for Latitude -13.75 Longitude 48.25

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

Locations

Ampasindava Wetlands and Forest Complex
Manongarivo Special Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

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.