Land Use Data for Latitude -13.25 Longitude -58.75

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

Locations

Alto Rio Juruena

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

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.