Land Use Data for Latitude -2.25 Longitude 28.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)EcosystemsWarm Tropics humidLivestockCattlePigs Poultry CropsBeans DryCassava Cereals and cereal products Grain (dried) Maize Roots tubers Growing Period (days)270 to 299300 to 329 Soil TypesAndosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)2 to 55 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1050 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)above 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. |