Land Use Data for Latitude 22.75 Longitude 103.75

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

Locations

Daweishan Nature Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols
Alisols
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Luvisols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Lao Cai (Surface)Phosphorus-Phosphates

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.