Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude 38.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattleGoats Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsMIXED Millet Sorghum Wheat Growing Period (days)180 to 209210 to 239 240 to 269 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) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 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)50 to 250above 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. |