Land Use Data for Latitude 27.25 Longitude 92.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Forestry - Plantations Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism EcosystemsPolarBoreal drylands Temperate humid Temperate drylands Subtropical drylands LivestockBuffaloesCattle Goats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Maize Growing Period (days)060 to 89 120 to 149 150 to 179 180 to 209 210 to 239 240 to 269 270 to 299 300 to 329 Soil TypesAcrisolsAlisols Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols Glaciers TerrainMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)16 to 3030 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)0 to 22 to 10 10 to 50 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. |