Land Use Data for Latitude 15.75 Longitude -3.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Rice PaddyGrowing Period (days)
1 to 2930 to 59
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 50Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Agricultural 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.
