Land Use Data for Latitude 26.75 Longitude 88.25

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

Locations

Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands
Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.