Land Use Data for Latitude -30.25 Longitude 28.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Upper Quthing Valley |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidSubtopical humid
Subtropical drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Sorghum
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Terrain
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
8 to 1616 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
