Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude 31.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattleGoats Poultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsMaize Rice Paddy Growing Period (days)180 to 209Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) Leptosols (Shallow 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 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 50Infant 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. |