Land Use Data for Latitude -2.25 Longitude 29.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Albertine Rift montane forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - 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 mixedLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Beans Dry
Cassava
Cereals and cereal products
Fruits
MIXED
Maize
Potatoes
Rice Paddy
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329Soil 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 plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
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.
