Land Use Data for Latitude 8.75 Longitude 37.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattleGoats Poultry Sheep CropsBarleyCereals and cereal products Maize Millet Wheat Growing Period (days)240 to 269Soil TypesHistosols (Peat and muck soils)Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface) Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter) Vertisols (Heavy clay) Unknown TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 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 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 to 250 Infant 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. |