Land Use Data for Latitude 10.25 Longitude 38.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Jemma and Jara valleys Mid-Abbay (Blue Nile) river basin |
Agricultural Land Uses
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestockUrban land
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMillet
Sorghum
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)
Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 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.
