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Chiziane E.A. (2019) The Design of the Political and Legal Framework on Soil Conservation in Mozambique: Deeply Unfinished. In: Ginzky H., Dooley E., Heuser I., Kasimbazi E., Markus T., Qin T. (eds) International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2018. International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy, vol
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Timberlake, Jonathan & Goyder, David & Chase, Frances & Burrows, John & Clarke, G. & Luke, Quentin & Matimele, Hermenegildo & Müller, Tom & Pascal, Olivier & Sousa, Camila & Alves, Tereza. (2011). Coastal dry forests in northern Mozambique. Plant Ecology and
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with a three-crop rotation. Trees were cut down to stumps, which provide support for vine crops (beans, pumpkins, and cucumbers) followed by a maize crop, and then millet. At the end of the growing season, the tree stumps were allowed to re-grow for a six- to nine-year fallow period.
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It is estimated that 2,332 km of the plateau was densely vegetated with woodland or forest 150 to 100 years ago. A survey of forest cover from 2002 satellite data found that only 89 km of the plateau is still densely vegetated, a 96.2% reduction over more than a century.
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The highest portion of the plateau reaches above 1000 meters elevation. The western edge of the plateau forms a steep escarpment, dropping to rolling plains. The plateau has an area of 1715 square kilometers. The
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Mueda, at an elevation of 847 meters, has an average annual rainfall of 1,093 mm, and a mean annual temperature of 21.9 °C. Most of the rainfall occurs during the October-to-April wet season.
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which form open-canopied woodlands and savannas. Dry deciduous and semi-deciduous forests generally have a closed canopy, and trees are often dry-season deciduous and/or
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Programa de investimento em extensao agrarian/Documento de trabalho no. 2/B 1 versao-15 de Junho de 1996 (DNER, 1996)
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The soil is light and sandy but fertile, and the Makonde people on the plateau traditionally practiced a form of
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The plateau is composed of includes metamorphic and volcanic rocks. The soils of the plateau are classified as
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A Host of Devils: The History and Context of the Making of Makonde Spirit Sculpture
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ecoregion. The natural vegetation is a mosaic of plant communities, including
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lies to the north, across the Ruvuma River in Tanzania.
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Mueda Plateau is located in Mozambique
Coordinates
11°24′S 39°20′E / 11.40°S 39.33°E / -11.40; 39.33
Mozambique
Cabo Delgado Province
Mozambique
Ruvuma River
Tanzania
Messalo River
Mueda
Macomia Plateau
Makonde Plateau
nitisols
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
miombo woodland
Brachystegia
Julbernardia
sclerophyllous
Manilkara sansibarensis
Pteleopsis myrtifolia
Warneckea sansibarica
Baphia macrocalyx
Makonde people
Makonde Plateau
swidden agriculture


ISBN
978-3-540-85191-2

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