Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude 34.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Usangu flats |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 50Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Agricultural 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.
