Land Use Data for Latitude -3.25 Longitude 35.25

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

Locations

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Agricultural Land Uses

Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
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.