Land Use Data for Latitude 8.25 Longitude -13.25

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

Locations

Western Area Peninsula Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Western Area Peninsula Non-hunting Forest Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Wetlands - Mangrove

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Benguema Stream TributariesPlatinum
Orugu River TributariesPlatinum

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.