Land Use Data for Latitude 14.75 Longitude -13.75

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

Locations

Ferlo South

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Millet

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

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.