Land Use Data for Latitude -10.25 Longitude -59.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Saltos das Andorinhas e de Dardanelos |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
PigsPoultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299Soil Types
AcrisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
0Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
