Land Use Data for Latitude 12.25 Longitude -16.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Wetlands - Mangrove Open Water - Inland Fisheries EcosystemsWarm Tropics drylandsLivestockCattlePoultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsGroundnuts in Shell Millet Rice Paddy Growing Period (days)120 to 149150 to 179 Soil TypesFluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)above 100Agricultural 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. |