Land Use Data for Latitude 7.25 Longitude 38.25

Locations

Abijatta: Shalla Lakes National Park Boyo wetland Lake Awassa Senkele Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
MIXED
Maize
Millet
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Luvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km²)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100