Land Use Data for Latitude -4.75 Longitude 38.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Agriculture in protected areas Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands LivestockCattleGoats CropsBananasBananas (also in forestry plantations) Cereals 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 TypesAcrisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) Luvisols TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)02 to 10 10 to 50 50 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)40 to 5075 to 100 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. |