Land Use Data for Latitude 10.25 Longitude 79.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary |
Agricultural Land Uses
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigationAgriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsRice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 3040 to 50
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.
