Land Use Data for Latitude -3.75 Longitude 35.75

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

Locations

East African halophytics ecoregion
Lake Burungi
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
Tarangire National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
MinjinguPhosphorus-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.