Land Use Data for Latitude -24.75 Longitude -64.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Forestry - Plantations Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsSubtopical humidSubtropical drylands Cool Tropic mixed Warm Tropics drylands LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products Maize Oil-bearing crops Soybeans Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 Soil TypesFluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter) Leptosols (Shallow soils) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)0 to 22 to 10 10 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 30Mineral Extraction
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. |