Land Use Data for Latitude -9.25 Longitude 18.25

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

Locations

Cuango

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Goats
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

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.