Land Use Data for Latitude 14.75 Longitude 99.25

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

Locations

Chaloem Rattanakosin National Park
Khaoen Si Nakarin National Park
Sri Nakarind National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

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

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30
30 to 40

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Ban Dong Tha Kiam DepositFluorine-Fluorite
Song Toh MineZinc, Lead
Taungpila Mine (Surface-Underground)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.