Land Use Data for Latitude -21.25 Longitude 55.25

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

Locations

Grand Bassin: Le Dimitile
Grand BĂ©nard: Tapcal

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid

Crops

Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329

Soil Types

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

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250

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.