Land Use Data for Latitude -5.25 Longitude 38.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Amani Nature Reserve East Usambara Mountains East Usambara Mountains Muheza District Coastal Forests |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
240 to 269
Soil Types
AcrisolsCambisols (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
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 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.
