Land Use Data for Latitude -37.25 Longitude -57.25

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

Locations

Estancia Medaland

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299

Soil Types

Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2

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.