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 />
8 Southern and Eastern 700-1700 15 900-1300 Acric Ferralsols (1364) Banana, millet, cotton,<br />
Lake Kyoga Basin Arenosols (27) cattle, and a few<br />
Gleysols (3972) annual crops<br />
Leptosols (1)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (71)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (7895)<br />
Vertisols (42)<br />
9 Mount Elgon 900 – over 7.5 1000-4000 Acric Ferralsols (62) Intensive banana and<br />
Farmlands 2100 Gleysols (81) c<strong>of</strong>fee, forest(higher<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (461) altitudes), and a<br />
Luvisols (52) few annual crops<br />
Nitisols (1846)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (189)<br />
Vertisols (28)<br />
10 Western Medium- 500 - >2100 7.5 600-4500 Acric Ferralsols (840) Banana, c<strong>of</strong>fee,<br />
High Farmlands Dystric Regosols (81) cattle, and forest<br />
Histosols (93) (higher altitudes)<br />
Leptic/Skeletic<br />
Andosols (975)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (43)<br />
Luvisols (701)<br />
Melanic Andosols (62)<br />
11 Southwestern Grass 300-1100 10 1100-2000 Acric Ferralsols (8365) Banana, c<strong>of</strong>fee, cattle,<br />
- Farmlands Dystric Regosols (2553) and some annual crops<br />
Eutric Regosols (436)<br />
Gleysols (2484)<br />
Leptosols (522)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (4027)<br />
Planosols (32)<br />
12 Lake Victoria 700 - >2100 12.5 1100-2400 Acric Ferralsols (5554) Banana, c<strong>of</strong>fee, millet,<br />
Crescent & Arenosols (129) cotton, and annual crops<br />
Mbale Farmlands Gleysols (3869)<br />
Leptosols (230)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (6452)<br />
Luvisols (59)<br />
Nitisols (1776)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (2561)<br />
Planosols (797)<br />
Vertisols (5)<br />
13 Ssese Islands 700 - >2100 15 1100-1300 Acric Ferralsols (47) Intensive banana, c<strong>of</strong>fee,<br />
Sango Plains Arenosols (237) and annual crops<br />
Gleysols (55)<br />
Leptosols (47)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (346)<br />
Petric Plinthosols (476)<br />
Planosols (1003)<br />
14 Southwestern 700-2100 7.5 1100-4000 Acric Ferralsols (840) Annual crops<br />
Highlands Dystric Regosols (81) and Forest<br />
Histosols (93)<br />
Leptic/Skeletic<br />
Andosols (975)<br />
Lixic Ferralsols (43)<br />
Luvisols (701)<br />
Melanic Andosols (62)<br />
Lake 700 - >2100 17.5 1100 - - -<br />
Figure 15a: Table showing Agro-ecological zones in <strong>Uganda</strong> (continued from previous page)
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