Land Use Data for Latitude -44.75 Longitude 170.75

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

Locations

Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Other fibers crop
Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

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

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
LivingstoneQuartz, Clay
NgaparaQuartz, Clay

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.