Land Use Data for Latitude 3.25 Longitude 36.25

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

Locations

Lake Turkana

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Goats
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 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 plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2

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.