Land Use Data for Latitude -8.25 Longitude -47.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidLivestockCattlePigs Poultry Sheep CropsBeans DryCereals and cereal products Maize Oil-bearing crops Rice Paddy Roots tubers Seed Cotton Soybeans Growing Period (days)240 to 269Soil TypesAcrisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)30 to 4050 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. |