Land Use Data for Latitude -29.75 Longitude -65.25

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

Locations

Salinas Grandes

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
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.