Land Use Data for Latitude -6.25 Longitude 140.75

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

Locations

Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10

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.