Land Use Data for Latitude 10.75 Longitude 41.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Yangudi-Rassa National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsDeserts
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMillet
Growing Period (days)
30 to 5960 to 89
90 to 119
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Agricultural 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.
