Land Use Data for Latitude -4.25 Longitude 37.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Chome Catchment Forest Reserve South Pare Mountains |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Groundnuts in Shell
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
AcrisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Luvisols
Solonchaks (Saline)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Unknown
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
Population Density (persons per km2)
010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 5075 to 100
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Chambogo | Magnesite |
Agricultural 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.
