Land Use Data for Latitude 9.75 Longitude -4.75

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

Locations

Diéfoula: Logoniégué forest

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

MIXED
Vegetables

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Lixisols
Plinthosols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

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.