Land Use Data for Latitude 10.25 Longitude 79.75

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

Locations

Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
40 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.