Land Use Data for Latitude 7.75 Longitude -8.25

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

Locations

Mont Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Monts Nimba
Mount Nimba
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Reserve de la Biosphere des Monts Nimba

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fonio
Oil-bearing crops
Rice Paddy
Seed Cotton

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Nimba/Yekepa (Surface)Iron
Sipilou ProspectIron

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.