Land Use Data for Latitude 5.25 Longitude 37.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Konso: Segen

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Millet

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

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.