Land Use Data for Latitude 14.75 Longitude -13.75Area 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 drylandsLivestock
CattleSheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMillet
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 2Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 10Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 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.
