Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude 34.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - 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 EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry CropsBananasCereals and cereal products Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Maize Rice Paddy Growing Period (days)180 to 209Soil TypesCambisols (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) TerrainPlain 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. |