Land Use Data for Latitude 15.25 Longitude 39.25

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

Locations

Arboroba escarpment
Ghinda

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Sorghum

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.