Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
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Agro-Ecological Rainfall Minimum Altitude Dominant Soils Farming system Photograph<br />
Zone (mm) Temp 0 C (M)<br />
1 West Nile Farmlands 900-1500 10 800-1800 Acric Ferralsols (696) Annual crops<br />
Leptosols (2470) and cattle<br />
Petric Plinthosols (1157)<br />
2 Northwestern 700-1700 10 500-1500 Acric Ferralsols (3043) Annual crops<br />
Farmlands-Wooded Arenosols (2260) and cattle<br />
Savannah Calcisols (116)<br />
Gleysols (51)<br />
Leptosols (11238)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (1588)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (567)<br />
Vertisols (1560)<br />
3 Northern Moist 700-1700 15 1000-1200 Acric Ferralsols (5580) Annual crops<br />
Farmlands Arenosols (285) and cattle<br />
Eutric Regosols (961)<br />
Gleysols (3113)<br />
Leptosols (1614)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (982)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (10689)<br />
Vertisols (2718)<br />
4 Northeastern-Central 700-1500 15 900-2500 Arenosols (1120) Annual crops<br />
Grass-Bush-Farmlands Eutric Regosols (4023) and cattle<br />
Gleysols (1217)<br />
Leptosols (3971)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (2577)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (3883)<br />
Vertisols (2058)<br />
5 Northeastern 300-1300 12 900-3000 Acric Ferralsols (424) Mainly pastoral<br />
Semi-arid Short Arenosols (127) with a few<br />
Grass Plain Eutric Regosols (2,661) annual crops<br />
Gleysols (3,409)<br />
Leptosols (2,721)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (5,354)<br />
Luvisols (1,481)<br />
Nitisols (283)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (1,028)<br />
Vertisols (12,001)<br />
6 Western Mid-Altitude 500-1700 10 700-1600 Acric Ferralsols (10706) Banana, millet,<br />
Farmlands and Arenosols (50) cotton, c<strong>of</strong>fee,<br />
Semliki Flats Calcisols (89) and cattle<br />
Dystric Regosols (1369)<br />
Gleysols (1907)<br />
Leptic/Skeletic<br />
Andosols (1167)<br />
Leptosols (178)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (181)<br />
Luvisols (771)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (978)<br />
Vertisols (595)<br />
7 Central Wooded 700-1300 15 900-1300 Acric Ferralsols (1591) Banana, millet,<br />
Savannah Arenosols (375) cotton, c<strong>of</strong>fee,<br />
Gleysols (3398) and cattle<br />
Leptosols (6)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (5751)<br />
Figure 15a: Table showing Agro-ecological zones <strong>of</strong> <strong>Uganda</strong> (continued to next page)<br />
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