Land Use Data for Latitude -24.25 Longitude -64.25

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

Locations

El Fuerte y Santa Clara
Lotes 32 y 33, MaĆ­z Gordo
Reserva Natural Las Lancitas

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid
Subtropical drylands
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30

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.