Land Use Data for Latitude 22.25 Longitude 113.75

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

Locations

Lantau North Country Park
Lantau South Country Park
Taipa-Coloane Wetland

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Unknown

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)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
10 to 20

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.