Land Use Data for Latitude 4.25 Longitude 5.75

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

Locations

Map

Akassa forests

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Wetlands - Mangrove

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Cassava
Maize
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Roots tubers
Yams

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

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.