Land Use Data for Latitude -5.25 Longitude 39.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Tanga South |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattleGoats
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250Infant 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.
