Land Use Data for Latitude -2.25 Longitude 34.75

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

Locations

Serengeti National Park
Serengeti-Ngorongoro Biosphere Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Beans Dry
Cassava
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Planosols

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
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
above 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Ngasamo ProspMagnesite, Nickel

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.