Land Use Data for Latitude -17.25 Longitude 12.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Kaokoveld desert ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralismBare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedDeserts
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
90 to 119
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 2Infant 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.
