Land Use Data for Latitude 17.75 Longitude 106.25

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

Locations

Ke Bang
Ke Go and Khe Net complex
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Arenosols (Sandy)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

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.