Land Use Data for Latitude -3.75 Longitude 28.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Itombwe Mountains Itombwe Mountains |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 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 816 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 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.
