Land Use Data for Latitude -3.75 Longitude 37.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture in protected areas Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid Deserts LivestockCattleGoats Poultry Sheep CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products Maize Growing Period (days)0150 to 179 180 to 209 210 to 239 240 to 269 270 to 299 Soil TypesChernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)Histosols (Peat and muck soils) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)40 to 50Agricultural 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. |