Land Use Data for Latitude 8.25 Longitude 25.25

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

Locations

East Sudanian savanna ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

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.