Land Use Data for Latitude -4.25 Longitude 35.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Open Water - Inland Fisheries EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid Warm Tropics drylands LivestockCattleGoats CropsCereals and cereal productsMaize Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 210 to 239 Soil TypesCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils) Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface) Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter) Solonetz (Alkali and sodic) Vertisols (Heavy clay) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1050 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)40 to 50Mineral Extraction
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. |