Land Use Data for Latitude -0.75 Longitude 37.25

Locations

Kianyaga valleys Masinga reservoir Mukurweini valleys

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

0
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Luvisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Planosols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km²)

0
0 to 2
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
50 to 75