Land Use Data for Latitude 9.75 Longitude 8.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Sheep CropsCassavaCereals and cereal products Maize Melonseed Rice Paddy Roots tubers Sorghum Yams Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 Soil TypesAcrisolsLeptosols (Shallow soils) Lixisols TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)50 to 75above 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. |