Land Use Data for Latitude -4.75 Longitude 12.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Maiombe |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
210 to 239Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 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.
