Land Use Data for Latitude -14.25 Longitude 35.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Namizimu Forest Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Beans DryCereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
02 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant 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.
