Land Use Data for Latitude -7.75 Longitude 39.75

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

Locations

Map

Mafia Island
Mafia Island Marine Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km²)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 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.