Land Use Data for Latitude -1.25 Longitude 29.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Echuya Forest Reserve Impenetrable (Bwindi) Forest Reserve Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Nyamuriro swamp Parc National des Volcans Rugezi Marsh |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
MIXED
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
Soil Types
AcrisolsArenosols (Sandy)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
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%
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)
010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 100above 100
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Nyamalilo | Tungsten |
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.
