Land Use Data for Latitude -2.75 Longitude 29.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Open Water - Inland Fisheries EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Sheep CropsBananasBananas (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 TypesAlisolsCambisols (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) TerrainMountain 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. |