Land Use Data for Latitude -40.75 Longitude -62.75

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

Locations

Estepas arbustivas del Sur de Buenos Aires

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Subtopical humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89

Soil Types

Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
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.