Land Use Data for Latitude -0.25 Longitude 29.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Queen Elizabeth National Park Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George Rwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands ecoregion Virunga National Park Virunga National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidCool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Beans Dry
Cassava
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
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
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 210 to 50
50 to 250
above 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.
