Land Use Data for Latitude -27.25 Longitude -53.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsSubtropical drylandsLivestockCattlePigs Poultry CropsBeans DryCereals and cereal products Grain (dried) Maize Oil-bearing crops Rice Paddy Sorghum Soybeans Sugar Cane Growing Period (days)above 360Soil TypesFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface) Solonetz (Alkali and sodic) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)5 to 88 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 10 to 50 50 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)5 to 1010 to 20 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. |