Land Use Data for Latitude -9.25 Longitude 18.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Cuango |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
GoatsPoultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
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.
