Land Use Data for Latitude 13.25 Longitude 24.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Jebel Marra |
Agricultural Land Uses
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestockCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsWheat
Growing Period (days)
60 to 89Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 210 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
