Land Use Data for Latitude -14.75 Longitude 40.25

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

Locations

Netia

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cassava
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Lixisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 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.