Land Use Data for Latitude 8.75 Longitude 38.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Intensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Urban land EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedLivestockCattlePigs Sheep CropsBarleyCereals and cereal products MIXED Millet Wheat Growing Period (days)180 to 209210 to 239 Soil TypesCambisols (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) TerrainMountain 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. |