Land Use Data for Latitude -2.25 Longitude 29.25

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

Locations

Albertine Rift montane forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.