Land Use Data for Latitude -3.25 Longitude 36.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Arusha National Park Arusha National Park Mount Meru National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryShrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Coffee
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Spices (forestry plantations only)
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil Types
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 5050 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.
