Land Use Data for Latitude 10.75 Longitude 41.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesShrubs - 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 EcosystemsWarm Tropics drylandsDeserts LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsMillet Growing Period (days)30 to 5960 to 89 90 to 119 Soil TypesFluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate) Histosols (Peat and muck soils) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Solonchaks (Saline) TerrainPlain 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. |