Land Use Data for Latitude -22.75 Longitude -59.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lagunas Saladas: Riacho Yacaré |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
Crops
Beans DryCereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 2Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
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.
