Land Use Data for Latitude -12.25 Longitude 27.75

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

Locations

Chimfunshi

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Roots tubers
Seed Cotton

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

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.