Land Use Data for Latitude -31.75 Longitude -58.25

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

Locations

El Palmar
Parque Nacional El Palmar

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359

Soil Types

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
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Dayli PitSand and Gravel, Construction
Drags PitSand and Gravel, Construction
El Tala, La Elisa, and Techint QuarriesSand and Gravel, Construction
Puerto Nuevo PitSand and Gravel, Construction

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.