Land Use Data for Latitude -2.75 Longitude 28.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Cyamudongo forest Kahuzi-Biega National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Beans Dry
Cassava
Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
Soil Types
AlisolsNitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 100above 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.
