Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude 79.75

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

Locations

Map

Amaipaddukkai

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

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)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km²)

above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

below 2

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.