Pastoral Atlas

Pastoral Atlas of the ELMT/RELPA Operational Area

 
Under the ELMT/RELPA program, LVIA was contracted by CARE Ethiopia to produce a cartographic database of the ELMT/RELPA operational area.   The aim of the maps was to highlight to governments, NGOs and other agencies the cross border similarities in order that these are considered when programming
 
The data was compiled with the collaboration and assistance of a number of agencies including: the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Somali Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM), Word Food Program (WFP), UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS-NET) and others.
 
The maps elaborated are of two types: some are based on regional data that have been clipped to the ELMT/RELPA operational area, others are based on national data that has been combined and elaborated from several different archives.
 
Main geo-processing activities concerned treatment of acquired elevation data; attributes information re-organization, editing adjustment and re-classification processes for vector format national data (in particular along the national borders). Spatial interpolation techniques have been used for climatic and remote sensed data with seasonal character.
 
All regional Atlas maps are available in pdf format and downloadable without any restriction. 

Please note that the boundaries and names of the maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the USAID-East Africa Mission. 

 

 

 

1- ELMT/RELPA focus area

Description: General map of the ELMT/RELPA focus area with national boundaries

Source: ELMT RCU, SWALIM, LVIA

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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2 - Administrative unit boundaries

Description: Administrative boundaries of the ELMT/RELPA focus area with boundaries for district (Woreda) for Ethiopia, division for Kenya and district subdivision for Somalia

Source: Ethiopian Woreda (District, 2008): USAID and Kenyan division (2008): FAO Kenya, Somalia (1992): SWALIM

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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3 - Infrastructure

Description: Main and secondary roads, towns and market/villages

Source: Ethiopia: roads from FAO Ethiopia and Ethiopia Road Authorities, towns and villages from IGAD, Kenya: roads from ILRI and towns and villages from IGAD Somalia: roads, towns and villages from IGAD LPI initiative

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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4 - Human population census 

Description: Human population displayed as per last national population census

Source: Ethiopian Woreda (District, 2002): USAID and Kenya (1999): FAO Kenya, Somalia: SWALIM (1992)

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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5 - Topography (Altitude classes)

Description: Topography map with altitude classes

Source: Data derived from 1km SRTM - USGS.

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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6 - Topography (Contour lines)

Description: Topography map with roads, main towns, villages and contour lines displayed

Source: Data derived from 1km SRTM - USGS.

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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7 - Main river and drainage system

Description: Main permanent rivers and drainage systems derived as a spatial elaboration of SRTM elevation data

Source: Ethiopian main rivers from Ethio GIS data, Kenyan and Somali rivers from SWALIM (Somalia Water and Land Information Management). Sysntetic stream network and drainage system derived from 90 m SRTM USGS.

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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8 - Slope map

Description: Slope classes derived as spatial analysis of SRTM elevation data

Source: Data derived from 1km SRTM - USGS.

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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9 - Main and secondary rivers

Description: Main (permanent) and secondary (intermitted sources) rivers

Source: Ethiopian main rivers from Ethio GIS data, Kenyan and Somali rivers from SWALIM

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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10 - Land use map

Description: Map of land use potential coverage

Source: Ethiopian potential land use from Ethio GIS data, Kenyan land use from FAO Kenya.

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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11 - Land cover map

Description: Map of Land cover

Source: Land cover from FAO Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN), 2007

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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12 - Livelihood zones

Description: Map of Livelihood zones from data combined at the national level

Source: Ethiopia: UNOCHA/FEWS-NET, Kenya: FEWS-NET, USAID, Somalia: FSNAU. Data 2008 - 2009

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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13 - Agro-ecological zones

Description: Agro-ecological zones, regional data clipped to the ELMT/RELPA focus area

Source: regional data from IGAD – PLI initiative clipped to the ELMT/RELPA focus area

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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14 - Soils map

Description: Soil map, global data (1:5,000,000) clipped to the ELMT/RELPA focus area

Source: Soil data from FAO/UNESCO, Version 3.6, completed January 2003

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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15 - Rainfall patterns

Description: Maps of yearly quarter with rainfall patterns of 2008 (monthly mean annual precipitation in mm)

Source: Main annual rainfall from Phytosociological Research Center, Spain http://www.globalbioclimatics.org

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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16 - Forage status condition

Description: Maps of yearly quarter with forage status condition (Kg/ha)

Source: Forage status condition data from Livestock Early Warning System (LEWS) Global Livestock CRSP

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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17 - Water inventory

Description: Water sources maps: it displays several inventories and small surveys combined together

Source: Ethiopia: water inventory from FAO Ethiopia, LVIA Ethiopia, Kenya: water inventory from Kenya sources DB., Somalia: Water facilities from IGAD – PLI initiative

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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18 - Parks and natural reserve

Description: Parks and reserves: some are potential or designated protected areas

Source: Kenya and Ethiopia: IGAD – LPI initiative

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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19 - Drought risk map

Description: Drought risk Map: data derived from satellite elaboration

Source: Drought mortality risk Maplecroft Ltd.

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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20 - Flooding

Description: Flooding risk Map: data derived from satellite elaboration

Source: Flood mortality risk Maplecroft Ltd.

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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21 - Geology map 

Description: Litology: regional data clipped to the ELMT/RELPA focus area

Source: FAO SEA Data, August 1997 Version 1

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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22 - Geomorphology map

Description: Geomorphology: regional data clipped to the ELMT/RELPA focus area

Source: FAO SEA Data , August 1997 Version 1

Elaboration: LVIA Ethiopia

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