Land Use Data for Latitude 27.75 Longitude 95.25

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

Locations

D'Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary
Dibru: Saikhowa Complex

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Maize

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

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

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
8 to 16
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100
above 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.