Land Use Data for Latitude -30.75 Longitude -59.25

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

Locations

Selva de Montiel

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Seed Cotton
Soybeans
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Luvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.