Land Use Data for Latitude 11.75 Longitude 77.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Poultry
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
180 to 209
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 5050 to 75
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| (Facility) Mettur Refinery (Processing Plant) | Aluminum |
| Mettur (Processing Plant) | Aluminum, Contained or Metal |
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.
