Land Use Data for Latitude -1.75 Longitude 35.75

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

Locations

South Nguruman

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
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

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.