Land Use Data for Latitude -12.75 Longitude 48.75

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

Locations

Mitsio archipelago

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10

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.