Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude 36.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Kilombero Valley |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
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
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Agricultural 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.
