Land Use Data for Latitude 14.25 Longitude 27.75

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

Locations

Map

Um Badr lake

Agricultural Land Uses

Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.