Land Use Data for Latitude 21.75 Longitude 88.75

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

Locations

Map

Sunderban

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Solonchaks (Saline)

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)

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.