Land Use Data for Latitude -9.25 Longitude 29.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lusenga Plain NP |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cassava
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
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.
