Land Use Data for Latitude 15.25 Longitude -4.25

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

Locations

Lac Débo: Lac Oualado Débo

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Millet

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
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.