Land Use Data for Latitude -2.25 Longitude 35.75

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

Locations

Lake Natron and Engaruka basin

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee
Sorghum
Spices (forestry plantations only)

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Planosols

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
50 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.