Land Use Data for Latitude -3.25 Longitude 38.25

Locations

Taita Hills Taita Hills Forests

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Groundnuts in Shell
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Pigeon Peas

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km²)

0
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
75 to 100