Land Use Data for Latitude 7.75 Longitude 33.75

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

Locations

Gambella National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km²)

2 to 10
10 to 50

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.