Land Use Data for Latitude -1.75 Longitude 29.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Volcans National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryCassava
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
300 to 329
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
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.
