Land Use Data for Latitude -15.25 Longitude 23.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Barotse flood-plain |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattlePoultry
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Podzols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 2Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 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.
