Land Use Data for Latitude -25.25 Longitude -57.25

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

Locations

Cerros Kói y Chororí Natural Monument
Ypacaraí National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Aregua Clay PitsClay
Aregua QuarryStone
Emboscada DepositManganese
Emboscada QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken
Luque QuarryStone
TobatiMineral Pigments
Vargas Pena Clay PitsKaolin
Ypacarai QuarriesStone

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.