Land Use Data for Latitude -10.75 Longitude 26.75

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

Locations

Lufira valley
Vallee de la Lufira

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Facility) Shituru Copper Refinery (Processing Plant)Copper, Cobalt
(Facility) Shituru Smelter (Processing Plant)Copper, Cobalt
Kambove WestCopper, Cobalt

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.