Land Use Data for Latitude 4.25 Longitude -60.25

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

Locations

Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Area
Savanas do Rio Cotingo

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
50 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.