Land Use Data for Latitude 13.75 Longitude -14.75

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

Locations

Map

Gambia River National Park
Islands of the Central River Division
Jakhaly rice-fields

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Lixisols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

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.