Land Use Data for Latitude -2.75 Longitude 38.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesSparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralismEcosystemsWarm Tropics drylandsLivestockGoatsSheep Growing Period (days)120 to 149Soil TypesCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence) Luvisols Lixisols Planosols Solonetz (Alkali and sodic) Vertisols (Heavy clay) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 2Population Density (persons per km2)0Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)50 to 7575 to 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. |