Land Use Data for Latitude -2.25 Longitude 28.25Area 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 humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryCassava
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Terrain
Plain 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.
