Land Use Data for Latitude -31.75 Longitude -54.75

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

Locations

Uruguayan savanna ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Rice Paddy
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359

Soil Types

Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Planosols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
CurtumeManganese, Iron
VichaderoManganese, Iron

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.