Land Use Data for Latitude 12.75 Longitude -7.75

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

Locations

Sirakoroni: Tyènfala

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Grain (dried)
Millet
Peas Dry
Sorghum

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 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.