Land Use Data for Latitude 4.25 Longitude 36.25

Area 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-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Maize
Sorghum

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 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 plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

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.