Land Use Data for Latitude 7.75 Longitude 37.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Mugo highlands |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
MIXED
Millet
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
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)
50 to 250above 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.
