Land Use Data for Latitude 0.75 Longitude 37.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves |
Agricultural Land Uses
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralismSparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidWarm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
Crops
CoffeeSpices (forestry plantations only)
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols
Lixisols
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
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)
0 to 22 to 10
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
