Land Use Data for Latitude -16.75 Longitude 145.25

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

Locations

Brooklyn Nature Refuge
Kuranda National Park
Mount Lewis Forest Reserve
Mount Lewis National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Acrisols
Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10

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.