Land Use Data for Latitude 15.25 Longitude 39.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesShrubs - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Urban land Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsDesertsLivestockCattlePigs Poultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsSorghum Growing Period (days)1 to 2930 to 59 Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Solonchaks (Saline) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 50above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)50 to 75Agricultural 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. |