Land Use Data for Latitude 12.75 Longitude 10.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Hadejia-Nguru wetlands |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralismShrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
60 to 89Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
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.
