Land Use Data for Latitude 13.25 Longitude 13.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Lake Chad flooded savanna ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Cow Peas Dry
Grain (dried)
Millet

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Unknown
No data

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 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.