Land Use Data for Latitude -3.25 Longitude 36.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Burko Catchment Forest Reserve Eluanata dam Losiminguri Forest Reserve Monduli Forest Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
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)
10 to 50Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 50Agricultural 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.
