Land Use Data for Latitude 15.25 Longitude -16.75

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

Locations

Map

Niayes (from Dakar to St Louis)

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Groundnuts in Shell
Millet
Oil-bearing crops

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.