Land Use Data for Latitude -5.25 Longitude 38.75

Area 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 higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Acrisols
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
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

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.