Land Use Data for Latitude -2.75 Longitude 30.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Intensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Open Water - Inland Fisheries EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry CropsBananasBananas & plantains Cereals and cereal products Fruits Roots tubers Sorghum Sweet Potatoes Growing Period (days)210 to 239240 to 269 Soil TypesAlisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) Ferralsols (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)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 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. |