Land Use Data for Latitude -0.25 Longitude 36.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Aberdare Mountains Aberdare National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestockCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidCool Tropic mixed
Livestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
MaizeStimulant crops
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
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.
