Land Use Data for Latitude -33.75 Longitude -61.75

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

Locations

Laguna Melincué

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 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.