Land Use Data for Latitude -17.25 Longitude 38.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Map

Moebase region

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Lixisols
Planosols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

0
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.