Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude -36.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Urban land Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananasBeans Dry Cereals and cereal products Coffee Green Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Grain (dried) Maize Onions+Shallots Green Rice Paddy Stimulant crops Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Vegetables Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 210 to 239 Soil TypesLeptosols (Shallow soils)TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)2 to 55 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)50 to 7575 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. |