Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude -61.75

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

Locations

Campo do Alto Marmelos

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Cocoa Beans (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.