Land Use Data for Latitude 26.25 Longitude 90.25

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

Locations

Chakrashila Complex
Tamaranga: Dalani: Bhairab Complex

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

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

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100

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.