Land Use Data for Latitude 16.25 Longitude -16.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Diawling National Park Diawling National Park Djoudj wetlands Ndiaƫl basin (including the 'Trois Marigots') |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsSorghum
Growing Period (days)
30 to 59Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
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.
