Land Use Data for Latitude -0.75 Longitude 35.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Mau Narok: Molo grasslands |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidCool Tropic mixed
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Beans DryCereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Sunflower Seed
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
300 to 329
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)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Planosols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
