Land Use Data for Latitude 1.75 Longitude 34.25

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

Locations

Lake Opeta

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Alisols
Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Plinthosols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100
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.