Land Use Data for Latitude -2.75 Longitude 35.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Serengeti volcanic grasslands ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee
Maize
Sorghum
Spices (forestry plantations only)
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Lixisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Unknown
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
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 10Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 5050 to 75
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.
