Land Use Data for Latitude -8.25 Longitude 32.75

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

Locations

Lake Rukwa

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45

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.