Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude 13.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Gashiga: Demsa |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMIXED
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Taro (Coco Yam)
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Lixisols
Regosols (Other)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 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.
