Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude 21.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Agriculture in protected areas EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands LivestockCattlePoultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsGroundnuts in Shell Maize Millet Oil-bearing crops Roots tubers Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence) Lixisols TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 2Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)75 to 100above 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. |