Land Use Data for Latitude -15.25 Longitude 36.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Mount Namuli |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Beans DryCereals and cereal products
Maize
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
above 250
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.
