Land Use Data for Latitude -27.25 Longitude -56.25

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

Locations

Arroyo Tymaca
Estero de San Mauricio
Estero Kuruñai
Estero Ypyta
Extremo noreste de Corrientes
San Miguel Potrero

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Rice Paddy
Seed Cotton
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

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.