Land Use Data for Latitude -8.25 Longitude 21.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Plantations Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidLivestockGoatsPoultry CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)210 to 239240 to 269 Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 Population Density (persons per km2)0 to 22 to 10 10 to 50 Infant 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. |