Land Use Data for Latitude -39.25 Longitude -73.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Mehuin 1
Mehuin 2

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Mediterranean humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
10 to 20

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.