Land Use Data for Latitude -20.25 Longitude -61.75

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

Locations

Parque Nacional Médanos del Chaco

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

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.