Land Use Data for Latitude 25.25 Longitude 91.75Area 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 higherForestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Subtropical drylandsCool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
Soil Types
AcrisolsNitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 250 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 7575 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.
