Land Use Data for Latitude 3.25 Longitude 36.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lake Turkana |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralismOpen Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
GoatsSheep
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Planosols
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
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.
