Land Use Data for Latitude -21.25 Longitude 165.25

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

Locations

Aoupinié
Boulinda
Forêt Plate
Goro Até et haute vallée de la rivière Tchamba
Massif du Mé Kanin, Sphinx et Arago
Mé Maoya
New Caledonia dry forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
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)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Cgmc Moneo MineNickel
Group Pentecoast MineNickel
Kouaoua Areasln (Surface)Cobalt, Nickel
Moneo Mining DistrictCobalt, Nickel
Moneocgmc (Surface)Nickel, Cobalt
Montegnat MinesNickel
Penamax Nickel Mine - New CaledoniaChromium, Iron, Nickel, Cobalt
Poya Mining DistrictCobalt, Nickel

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.