Land Use Data for Latitude -26.25 Longitude -65.75

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

Locations

Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquĆ­es
Sierras de Carahuasi

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.