Land Use Data for Latitude 9.75 Longitude 38.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Ethiopian montane forests ecoregion Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleSheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMIXED
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
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%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 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.
