Land Use Data for Latitude -25.75 Longitude -48.25

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

Locations

Ilhas dos Currais

Agricultural Land Uses

Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

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 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 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.