Land Use Data for Latitude -14.25 Longitude 27.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lukanga swamp |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryCereals and cereal products
Groundnuts in Shell
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Pulses nes
Seed Cotton
Sunflower Seed
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 10Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 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.
