Land Use Data for Latitude 27.25 Longitude 91.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Agriculture in protected areas Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsPolarBoreal drylands Temperate humid Subtropical drylands LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Maize Potatoes Rice Roots tubers Growing Period (days)30 to 5960 to 89 90 to 119 120 to 149 150 to 179 180 to 209 210 to 239 240 to 269 270 to 299 Soil TypesAcrisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols Glaciers TerrainMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)8 to 1616 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 10 to 50 50 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)30 to 4075 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. |