Land Use Data for Latitude -6.25 Longitude -50.75

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

Locations

Serra dos Carajás
Xikrin do Rio Catete Indigenous Area

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Plantations

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cocoa Beans (also in forestry plantations)
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
50 to 75

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.