Land Use Data for Latitude -3.75 Longitude 35.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lake Eyasi Lake Tlawi |
Agricultural Land Uses
Agriculture in protected areasSparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
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
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 50Agricultural 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.
