Land Use Data for Latitude -0.25 Longitude 38.25

Locations

Meru National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Luvisols
Lixisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Regosols (Other)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

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
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75