Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude 41.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lakes Alemaya and Adele |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - 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
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsSorghum
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Plain 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.
