Land Use Data for Latitude -21.25 Longitude 128.25

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

Locations

Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Carrots
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Grapes
Lettuce
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

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.