Land Use Data for Latitude 25.25 Longitude 97.25

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

Locations

Ayeyarwaddy River: Myitkyina to Sinbo Section
Myitkyina-Nandebad-Talawagyi
Pidaung Wildlife Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Irrawaddy River PlacerPlatinum, Gold
Uru River ValleyGold, Platinum

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.