Land Use Data for Latitude 28.25 Longitude 94.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Mechuka: Monigong: Jorgging |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands
Cool Tropic mixed
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Maize
Other oils crop
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
Soil Types
AlisolsLeptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Rock Outcrop
Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
30 to 45above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75above 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.
