Land Use Data for Latitude -10.25 Longitude -40.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - PlantationsGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics drylandsLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Sheep CropsBeans DryCantaloupes&oth Melons Cassava Cereals and cereal products Chillies&Peppers Green Cocoa Beans (also in forestry plantations) Grain (dried) Maize Roots tubers Stimulant crops Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Tomatoes Growing Period (days)90 to 119120 to 149 Soil TypesCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils) Planosols TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)02 to 10 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)40 to 5050 to 75 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. |