Land Use Data for Latitude -3.75 Longitude 28.75

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

Locations

Itombwe Mountains
Itombwe Mountains

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
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.