Land Use Data for Latitude 26.75 Longitude 93.25

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

Locations

Behali Reserve Forest
Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests ecoregion
Kaziranga National Park
Papum Reserve Forest

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

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%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
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.