Land Use Data for Latitude -0.25 Longitude 29.75

Area 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 higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (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 119
240 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 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
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
10 to 50
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.