Land Use Data for Latitude 10.75 Longitude 8.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Agriculture in protected areas EcosystemsWarm Tropics drylandsLivestockCattleGoats Sheep CropsCassavaCereals and cereal products Maize Oil-bearing crops Rice Paddy Roots tubers Sorghum Yams Growing Period (days)120 to 149150 to 179 Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)Leptosols (Shallow soils) Lixisols TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 Population Density (persons per km2)50 to 250above 250 Infant 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. |