Land Use Data for Latitude -7.25 Longitude 37.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Forestry - Plantations Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidLivestockCattleGoats Poultry Sheep CropsBananasCereals and cereal products Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Maize Rice Paddy Growing Period (days)210 to 239Soil TypesAcrisolsFluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter) TerrainPlain 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)10 to 50Infant 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. |