Land Use Data for Latitude 18.75 Longitude 98.75

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

Locations

Doi Inthanon National Park
Doi Inthanon National Park
Doi Suthep-pui National Park
Doi Suthep-Pui National Park
Samoeng Wildlife Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Acrisols
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
30 to 40

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Ban Mueng HaTin
Samoeng MineTin, Tungsten

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.