Land Use Data for Latitude -4.75 Longitude 140.25

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

Locations

Central Range sub-alpine grasslands ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

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.