Land Use Data for Latitude -11.25 Longitude 31.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Shiwa Ng'andu |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryMaize
Onions+Shallots Green
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 10Infant 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.
