Land Use Data for Latitude -8.25 Longitude 158.25

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

Locations

Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Regosols (Other)

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

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.