Land Use Data for Latitude 10.25 Longitude 39.75

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

Locations

Map

Guassa (Menz)

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Millet
Sorghum
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km²)

50 to 250
above 250

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.