Land Use Data for Latitude -16.25 Longitude 15.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Intensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Agriculture in protected areas Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics drylandsLivestockCattleGoats CropsCereals and cereal productsMaize Growing Period (days)90 to 119Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) Luvisols TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 10Infant 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. |