Land Use Data for Latitude -2.25 Longitude 28.25

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

Locations

Kahuzi-BiƩga National Park
Kahuzi-Biega National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Beans Dry
Cassava
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
50 to 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.