Land Use Data for Latitude -3.25 Longitude 30.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Ruvubu National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Bananas
Bananas & plantains
Cassava
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Sweet potatoes & yams

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

Soil Types

Alisols
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

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.