Land Use Data for Latitude -10.25 Longitude 34.25

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

Locations

Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Acrisols
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
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.