Land Use Data for Latitude -16.25 Longitude -60.75

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

Locations

Chiquitano dry forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

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
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Clay OccurrenceClay
Gold OccurrenceGold
Kaolin OccurrenceClay
Mica OccurrenceMica

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.