Land Use Data for Latitude -1.25 Longitude 36.75

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

Locations

East African montane moorlands ecoregion
Nairobi National Park
Nairobi National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Planosols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

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)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
MacaulderGold

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.