Land Use Data for Latitude 21.75 Longitude 89.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Sunderbans (East, South, West Wildlife Sanctuaries) |
Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattleGoats
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsRice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 5050 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.
