Land Use Data for Latitude -4.25 Longitude 39.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Dzombo Hill Forest
Kaya Gandini
Marenji Forest
Mrima Hill Forest
Shimba Hills
Shimba Hills
Shimba Hills National Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

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
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 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.