Land Use Data for Latitude 24.25 Longitude 121.25

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

Locations

Shei-Pa National Park
Taroko National Park
Taroko National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Urban land

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
Alisols
Anthrosols (Soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activity)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Urban, mining

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
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

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.