Land Use Data for Latitude -27.25 Longitude -56.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - 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 EcosystemsSubtropical drylandsLivestockCattlePigs CropsBananas (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 360Soil TypesAcrisolsGleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 30Agricultural 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. |