Land Use Data for Latitude -14.25 Longitude 35.25

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

Locations

Namizimu Forest Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 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 plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.