Land Use Data for Latitude -34.75 Longitude -54.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Rocha Lagoon |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsRice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329Soil Types
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)Terrain
Plain 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
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
