Land Use Data for Latitude 27.25 Longitude 98.75

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

Locations

Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
50 to 75
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.