Land Use Data for Latitude 4.25 Longitude -60.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Area Savanas do Rio Cotingo |
Agricultural Land Uses
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralismAgriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4050 to 75
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.
