Land Use Data for Latitude -6.75 Longitude 36.75

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

Locations

Eastern Arc forests ecoregion
Mafwomero Forest Reserve
Rubeho Mountains

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Millet
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Acrisols
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Massokini Cu ProspectCopper

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.