Land Use Data for Latitude 4.25 Longitude 101.25

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

Locations

Cameron Highlands Wildlife Sanctuary
Central Titiwangsa Range

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols

Terrain

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

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)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Austral Amalgamated Tin Bhd (Surface)Tin
Bidor Malaya Tin Sdh Bhd (Surface)Tin, Thorium
Gopeng Group (Surface)Tin
H.S. Lee Mine #8 (Placer)Tin
Kinta Kellas Tin Dredging (Surface)Tin, Thorium
Lower Perak Tin Dredging (Surface)Tin
Malayan Tin Dredging Bhd. (Surface)Tin
Mambang Di-Awan Gopeng Group (Surface)Tin
Southern Malayan Tin Dredging (Surface)Tin
Timah Dermawan Sdn Bhd (Surface)Tin
Tronoh Mines Malaysia Bhd (Surface)Tin

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.