Land Use Data for Latitude 4.25 Longitude 33.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidLivestockCattleGoats Poultry Sheep Growing Period (days)210 to 239Soil TypesFluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Leptosols (Shallow soils) Lixisols Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface) Solonetz (Alkali and sodic) Vertisols (Heavy clay) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)0Agricultural 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. |