Land Use Data for Latitude -3.25 Longitude 40.25

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

Locations

Gede Ruins National Monument
Malindi-Watamu Biosphere Reserve
Mida Creek, Whale Island and the Malindi: Watamu coast
Sabaki River Mouth

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Planosols
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 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.