Land Use Data for Latitude 1.25 Longitude 42.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesSparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralismEcosystemsWarm Tropics drylandsDeserts LivestockCattleGoats Sheep Growing Period (days)60 to 89Soil TypesCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) Planosols Vertisols (Heavy clay) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0 to 0.50.5 to 2 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 50Infant 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. |