Land Use Data for Latitude -17.25 Longitude 23.25

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

Locations

Map

Sioma Ngwezi National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

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.