Land Use Data for Latitude 18.75 Longitude 98.75Area 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 higherGrasslands - 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-humidLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
Soil Types
AcrisolsLeptosols (Shallow soils)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 1030 to 40
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Ban Mueng Ha | Tin |
| Samoeng Mine | Tin, 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.
