Land Use Data for Latitude 25.75 Longitude 91.75

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

Locations

Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion
Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary
Riat Khwan: Umiam Lake
Shilong
Upper Shillong

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
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.