Table 2.
Walking speed across different land cover types during the dry and wet season. Travel speed were compiled from Pozzi & Robinson [[64]]
| Land cover type | Dry season | Wet season |
|---|---|---|
| |
Walking |
Walking |
|
Open or sparse vegetation | ||
| Includes open grassland, open grassland with shrubs, sparse grassland, croplands (>50%), croplands with woody vegetation |
3 km/h (20 min/km) |
2 km/h (30 min/km) |
|
Deciduous Shrub land/woodland | ||
| Irrigated Croplands |
1.5 km/h (40 min/km) |
1 km/h (60 min/km) |
| Closed grassland |
|
|
|
Desert |
1.5 km/h |
1 km/h |
|
Stony desert |
1.5 km/h |
Impassable |
|
Bare Rock |
1.5 km/h |
Impassable |
|
Water bodies |
Impassable |
Impassable |
| Cities | 4 km/h (15 min/km) | 3 km/h (20 min/km) |