Land Use Data for Latitude 25.75 Longitude 91.75Area 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 pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Subtropical drylandsLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsRice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269Soil Types
AcrisolsNitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 25 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 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.
