Land Use Data for Latitude 26.75 Longitude 92.75

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

Locations

Laokhowa and Burhachapori Sanctuaries
Sonai-Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Other oils crop

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols
Alisols
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Luvisols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.