Land Use Data for Latitude -16.75 Longitude 179.75

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

Locations

Natewa/Tunuloa Peninsula
Taveuni Highlands

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.