Land Use Data for Latitude -2.75 Longitude 28.75

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

Locations

Cyamudongo forest
Kahuzi-Biega National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - 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 mixed
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Beans Dry
Cassava
Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Alisols
Nitisols (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 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100
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.