Land Use Data for Latitude 9.75 Longitude 37.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattleGoats Poultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsMIXED Maize Millet Growing Period (days)210 to 239Soil TypesLeptosols (Shallow soils)Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface) Vertisols (Heavy clay) TerrainPlain 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)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. |