Land Use Data for Latitude -28.25 Longitude -55.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Extensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsSubtropical drylandsLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep Growing Period (days)above 360Soil TypesFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter) Solonetz (Alkali and sodic) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)0 to 22 to 10 10 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)10 to 2020 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. |