Land Use Data for Latitude -4.25 Longitude -38.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Plantations Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Urban land Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Beans Dry Cassava Cereals and cereal products Grain (dried) Maize Roots tubers Growing Period (days)210 to 239240 to 269 Soil TypesAcrisolsLuvisols Planosols TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 16 to 30 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)40 to 5050 to 75 75 to 100 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. |