Land Use Data for Latitude 4.25 Longitude 36.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lake Turkana and Omo delta |
Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Agriculture in protected areas
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattlePoultry
Crops
MaizeSorghum
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
Infant 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.
