Land Use Data for Latitude 15.25 Longitude 38.75

Locations

Asmara escarpment

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Sorghum
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km²)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)	Minerals
Agametta-Sabub (Surface)	Iron
Asmera Nippon	Lead, Zinc, Copper