Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude 41.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesShrubs - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics drylandsLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsSorghum Growing Period (days)60 to 8990 to 119 Soil TypesFluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Leptosols (Shallow soils) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 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. |