Land Use Data for Latitude 2.75 Longitude 45.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Jowhar - Warshiikh
Jowhar: Warshiikh

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)
Solonchaks (Saline)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

above 100

Agricultural 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.