Land Use Data for Latitude 18.25 Longitude 99.25

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

Locations

Doi Khun Tan National Park
Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Acrisols
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Lixisols

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
40 to 50

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Ban Thong TamAntimony
Northern Region Gravel Pumps (Surface)Tin, Zinc
Northern Region Gravel Pumps (Surface)Tin, Tungsten
Oriental Gold (Surface)Barium-Barite
Sta (Surface)Barium-Barite

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.