Land Use Data for Latitude 27.75 Longitude 93.75

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

Locations

Taley Valley Wildlife Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Maize

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols
Alisols
Luvisols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km²)

0 to 2
2 to 10

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.