Land Use Data for Latitude -3.25 Longitude 30.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Agriculture in protected areas Urban land EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattleGoats CropsBananasBananas & plantains Cassava Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Sweet potatoes & yams Growing Period (days)240 to 269Soil TypesAlisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) Histosols (Peat and muck soils) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)2 to 55 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 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. |