Land Use Data for Latitude 25.25 Longitude 91.75

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

Locations

Cherapunjee: cliffs, gorges and sacred groves
Mawphlang Sacred Grove

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
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.