Land Use Data for Latitude 10.25 Longitude 49.25

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

Locations

Somali montane xeric woodlands ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

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.