Land Use Data for Latitude -1.75 Longitude 33.75

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

Locations

Lake Victoria: Mara Bay and Masirori swamp

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Acrisols
Planosols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250

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.