Land Use Data for Latitude 27.75 Longitude 96.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - 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 Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism EcosystemsSubtropical drylandsCool Tropic mixed LivestockBuffaloesCattle Goats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Maize Other oils crop Potatoes Roots tubers Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 210 to 239 240 to 269 270 to 299 300 to 329 Soil TypesAcrisolsAlisols Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols Rock Outcrop TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)5 to 88 to 16 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)50 to 7575 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. |