Land Use Data for Latitude -17.25 Longitude 145.75

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

Locations

Crater Lakes National Park
Wooroonooran National Park
Wooroonooran National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Planosols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Coopooro and Wairamba CreeksGold, Platinum

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.