Land Use Data for Latitude 8.75 Longitude 38.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bishoftu lake Chelekleka lake and swamp Ethiopian montane moorlands ecoregion Menagesha State Forest Mount Zuquala |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
CattlePigs
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
MIXED
Millet
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
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)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
75 to 100above 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.
