Land Use Data for Latitude -2.75 Longitude 29.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Kibira National Park Nyungwe National Park Nyungwe National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Fruits
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sorghum
Sweet Potatoes
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
Soil Types
AlisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
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 58 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.
