Land Use Data for Latitude 11.25 Longitude 41.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lac Abhé Lake Abe wetland system |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMillet
Growing Period (days)
1 to 2930 to 59
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)
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)
02 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.
