Land Use Data for Latitude -4.25 Longitude 35.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Cambisols (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)
Terrain
Plain 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
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Hanang Prospect | Iron, Niobium (Columbium), Phosphorus-Phosphates |
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.
