Land Use Data for Latitude 1.75 Longitude 45.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Jasiira lagoon and Muqdisho islets |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Growing Period (days)
60 to 89Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 50above 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.
