Land Use Data for Latitude 8.75 Longitude -68.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidLivestockCattlePigs Poultry CropsCereals and cereal productsMaize Rice Paddy Sorghum Growing Period (days)210 to 239240 to 269 Soil TypesCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Luvisols Vertisols (Heavy clay) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 10 to 50 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)10 to 20Agricultural 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. |