Land Use Data for Latitude -12.25 Longitude 30.75

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

Locations

Lavushi Manda National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Beans Dry
Maize
Onions+Shallots Green

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

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.