Land Use Data for Latitude 8.25 Longitude 33.75

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

Locations

Baro river

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

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.